duplicado

[d̪upliˈkað̞o]

/[d̪upliˈkað̞o]/ noun

The verdict

“duplicado” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,802
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Documento copiado exactamente del original por medios mecánicos o fotográficos, que tiene su misma validez legal, utilizado como respaldo para el caso de extravío o pérdida accidental.

Corpus desk

Index ES-duplicado · duplicado · Spanish

duplicado · rank #18,802 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,802
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH dormidos

Nearest frequency peer: dormidos (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “duplicado”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “duplicado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

duplicado vs duplicar
78% similar
duplicado vs duplicados
90% similar
duplicado vs duplica
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for duplicado
PropertyValue
Headwordduplicado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪upliˈkað̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,802
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “duplicado”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.duplicadocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “dormidos” (#18,801), “donado” (#18,800), “echarse” (#18,804). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “duplicado” va en #18,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around duplicado (IPA [d̪upliˈkað̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,802 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for duplicado, with forms such as "dduplicado", "dpulicado", and "dulpicado". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "duplicar", "duplicados", "duplica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is duplicado, spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Documento copiado exactamente del original por medios mecánicos o fotográficos, que tiene su misma validez legal, utilizado como respaldo para el caso de extravío o pérdida accidental.
  2. 2
    Copia de un objeto que sirve para el mismo fin.
  3. 3
    Segundo ejemplar de una obra, que es copia del primer ejemplar de la misma.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how duplicado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un duplicado de las llaves de la oficina.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dduplicado
  • dpulicado
  • dulpicado
  • dupilcado
  • duplciado
  • dupliacdo
  • duplicaddo
  • duplicaod
  • dupliccado
  • duplicdao
  • dupllicado
  • dupplicado
  • udplicado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duplicado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dduplicado1dpulicado2dulpicado2dupilcado2duplciado2dupliacdo2duplicaddo1duplicaod2
Edit distance from "duplicado"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duplicado"?
"duplicado" is spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪upliˈkað̞o].
What does "duplicado" mean?
As a noun, "duplicado" means: Documento copiado exactamente del original por medios mecánicos o fotográficos, que tiene su misma validez legal, utilizado como respaldo para el caso de extravío o pérdida accidental.
What words are commonly confused with "duplicado"?
"duplicado" is commonly confused with "duplicar", "duplicados", "duplica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duplicado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duplicado" is [d̪upliˈkað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duplicado" come from?
"duplicado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "duplicado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list