edicto
[eˈð̞ikt̪o]
The verdict
“edicto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,764
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orden o decreto legal promulgado por un monarca o magistrado judicial.
Corpus desk
Index ES-edicto · edicto · Spanish
edicto · rank #23,764 · 8 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,764
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH dualidad
Nearest frequency peer: dualidad (-2 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 “edicto”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- disidente
disidente
76,242 corpus weight
- dispersa
dispersa
76,241 corpus weight
- dualidad
dualidad
76,239 corpus weight
- edicto
edicto
76,237 corpus weight
- elaboran
elaboran
76,235 corpus weight
- elle
elle
76,234 corpus weight
What this shows “edicto” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | edicto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈð̞ikt̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “edicto”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around edicto (IPA [eˈð̞ikt̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,764 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for edicto, with forms such as "deicto", "edcito", and "eddicto". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "edit", "éxito", "ético", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 edicto, spelled E-D-I-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Orden o decreto legal promulgado por un monarca o magistrado judicial.
- 2Cartel en que se publica o anuncia un edicto₁.
- 3En particular, edicto₂ que se publica en sede judicial o a través de la prensa para notificar a los interesados de domicilio desconocido de una resolución del tribunal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how edicto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el tiempo que Tarquino el superbo imperaba en Roma reinaba también en Egipto el rey Amasio, el cual mandó por edicto público que ninguno en todo su imperio se anduviese ocioso, ni osase de vivir de sudor ageno, so pena que al hombre que no quisiese trabajar, ni oficio aprender, le azotasen públicamente en la plaza, y le desterrasen después de su repúbl…
Los del Consejo real de Nauarra, que residen en la villa de Sanguessa, nos han scrito diziendo que en estos dias mas cerca pasados se ha seguido que, saliendose desse reyno Aragon seys hombres, vascos de naçion, cumpliendo el edicto que dizen ser fecho por nos para que todos los vassallos del rey de Francia saliessen dentro termino de xx dias de todos nue…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- deicto
- edcito
- eddicto
- ediccto
- edicot
- edictto
- editco
- eidcto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of edicto - 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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