ensuciar
[ẽnsuˈsjaɾ]
The verdict
“ensuciar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,193
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cubrir de suciedad algo. Ponerlo sucio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ensuciar · ensuciar · Spanish
ensuciar · rank #29,193 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,193
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enseñará
Nearest frequency peer: enseñará (-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 “ensuciar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- enfría
enfría
70,811 corpus weight
- enjambre
enjambre
70,810 corpus weight
- enseñará
enseñará
70,809 corpus weight
- ensuciar
ensuciar
70,808 corpus weight
- entredicho
entredicho
70,807 corpus weight
- entregarán
entregarán
70,806 corpus weight
What this shows “ensuciar” 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 | ensuciar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnsuˈsjaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ensuciar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ensuciar (IPA [ẽnsuˈsjaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,193 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ensuciar, with forms such as "ennsuciar", "enscuiar", and "enssuciar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ensucia", "ensucian", "enjuiciar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ensuciar, spelled E-N-S-U-C-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Cubrir de suciedad algo. Ponerlo sucio.
- 2Por extensión, manchar una trayectoria (o la personalidad, el carácter etc.) con un acto o una actitud reprobable.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ennsuciar
- enscuiar
- enssuciar
- ensucair
- ensucciar
- ensuciarr
- ensucira
- ensuicar
- ensusiar
- enusciar
- esnuciar
- nesuciar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ensuciar - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ensuciar", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).