edificio

[eð̞iˈfisjo]

/[eð̞iˈfisjo]/ noun

The verdict

“edificio” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,055
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción cerrada hecha para albergar personas o animales, o para albergar productos, cosechas, para servir a industrias, a servicios públicos, etc.

Corpus desk

Index ES-edificio · edificio · Spanish

edificio · rank #1,055 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,055
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH económico

Nearest frequency peer: económico (-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 “edificio”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “edificio” 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).

edificio vs edificios
89% similar
edificio vs edificar
75% similar
edificio vs edificado
78% similar

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

Key facts for edificio
PropertyValue
Headwordedificio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eð̞iˈfisjo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,055
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “edificio”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “económico” (#1,054), “federal” (#1,056), “Cuba” (#1,053). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “edificio” va en #1,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around edificio (IPA [eð̞iˈfisjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,055 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Construcción cerrada hecha para albergar personas o animales, o para albergar productos, cosechas, para servir a industrias, a servicios públicos, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for edificio, with forms such as "deificio", "eddificio", and "edfiicio". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "edificios", "edificar", "edificado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 edificio, spelled E-D-I-F-I-C-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construcción cerrada hecha para albergar personas o animales, o para albergar productos, cosechas, para servir a industrias, a servicios públicos, etc.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • deificio
  • eddificio
  • edfiicio
  • edifciio
  • edifficio
  • edificcio
  • edificoi
  • edifiico
  • edifisio
  • ediifcio
  • eidficio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of edificio - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

deificio2eddificio1edfiicio2edifciio2edifficio1edificcio1edificoi2edifiico2
Edit distance from "edificio"

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 "edificio"?
"edificio" is spelled E-D-I-F-I-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [eð̞iˈfisjo].
What does "edificio" mean?
As a noun, "edificio" means: Construcción cerrada hecha para albergar personas o animales, o para albergar productos, cosechas, para servir a industrias, a servicios públicos, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "edificio"?
"edificio" is commonly confused with "edificios", "edificar", "edificado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "edificio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "edificio" is [eð̞iˈfisjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "edificio" come from?
"edificio" 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 "edificio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list