élites
[ˈelit̪es]
The verdict
“élites” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,891
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 287
- “É” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de élite.
Corpus desk
Index ES-elites · élites · Spanish
élites · rank #11,891 · 8 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,891
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 287
- PHOTO-FINISH Zacatecas
Nearest frequency peer: Zacatecas (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “élites”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- volviera
volviera
88,113 corpus weight
- way
way
88,112 corpus weight
- Zacatecas
Zacatecas
88,111 corpus weight
- élites
élites
88,110 corpus weight
- aceptamos
aceptamos
88,108 corpus weight
- acertado
acertado
88,107 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élites” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | élites |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈelit̪es] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “élites” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around élites (IPA [ˈelit̪es]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,891 among 287 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de élite.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for élites, with forms such as "léites", "éiltes", and "éliets". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "estés", "emite", "entes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is élites, spelled É-L-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de élite.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- léites
- éiltes
- éliets
- élitess
- élitse
- élittes
- éllites
- élties
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élites - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "élites", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.