enmendar
[ẽmmẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
The verdict
“enmendar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,621
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arreglar, corregir los fallos o defectos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-enmendar · enmendar · Spanish
enmendar · rank #25,621 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,621
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enfadada
Nearest frequency peer: enfadada (-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 “enmendar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- eminencia
eminencia
74,384 corpus weight
- empero
empero
74,383 corpus weight
- enfadada
enfadada
74,382 corpus weight
- enmendar
enmendar
74,380 corpus weight
- enseñas
enseñas
74,378 corpus weight
- enseñaste
enseñaste
74,377 corpus weight
What this shows “enmendar” 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 | enmendar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmmẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “enmendar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around enmendar (IPA [ẽmmẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,621 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for enmendar, with forms such as "emnendar", "enemndar", and "enmednar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "enseñar", "enredar", "entender", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is enmendar, spelled E-N-M-E-N-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Arreglar, corregir los fallos o defectos.
- 2Compensar un daño, rectificar.
- 3Modificar el rumbo o el lugar de anclado según las condiciones de profundidad del agua.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enmendar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Es muy tarde —dijo como si quisiera enmendar un error—. Me gustaría saber qué es lo que andas haciendo por ahí, a santo de qué te expones sin necesidad.” Caballero Bonald, José Manuel (1988[1981]) Toda la noche oyeron pasar pájaros. Barcelona: Planeta, p.108.
"Los moradores del condado, fuesen nobles o rústicos, aunque se apellidasen mortales enemigos, debían darse seguridad, de día y de noche, y tener treguas desde Castell de Fells hasta el Coll de Finestrelles, desde Coll de Sagavarra hasta Coll de Serola, y desde Vallvidrera hasta doce leguas dentro del mar, so pena de pagar al príncipe cien onzas de oro, y…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emnendar
- enemndar
- enmednar
- enmenadr
- enmendarr
- enmenddar
- enmendra
- enmenndar
- enmmendar
- enmnedar
- ennmendar
- nemendar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enmendar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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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 (12 here; floor ≥5).