distraído
[d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]
The verdict
“distraído” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,838
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distraído |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “distraído” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around distraído (IPA [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,838 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for distraído, with forms such as "ddistraído", "disrtaído", and "disstraído". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "distrito", "distraiga", "distraídos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is distraído, spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que no presta atención, no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor o vive abstraído en sus pensamientos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistraído
- disrtaído
- disstraído
- distarído
- distradío
- distraíddo
- distraíod
- distrraído
- distríado
- disttraído
- ditsraído
- dsitraído
- idstraído
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distraído - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “distraído”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-S-T-R-A-Í-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪ist̪ɾaˈið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “distrito” - see the side-by-side comparison. distraído vs distrito
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.