epidermis
[epiˈð̞eɾmis]
The verdict
“epidermis” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,100
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Membrana exterior que cubre el cutis del animal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-epidermis · epidermis · Spanish
epidermis · rank #34,100 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,100
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enésima
Nearest frequency peer: enésima (-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 “epidermis”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- entusiasmada
entusiasmada
65,904 corpus weight
- enunciados
enunciados
65,903 corpus weight
- enésima
enésima
65,902 corpus weight
- epidermis
epidermis
65,901 corpus weight
- errada
errada
65,900 corpus weight
- esbozo
esbozo
65,899 corpus weight
What this shows “epidermis” 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 | epidermis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [epiˈð̞eɾmis] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “epidermis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around epidermis (IPA [epiˈð̞eɾmis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,100 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for epidermis, with forms such as "eipdermis", "epdiermis", and "epiddermis". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "epidemia", "epidemias", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is epidermis, spelled E-P-I-D-E-R-M-I-S.
Definition
- 1Membrana exterior que cubre el cutis del animal.
- 2Película delgada que cubre la superficie de las plantas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how epidermis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«En el mismo caso están los músculos, por más que aún debe considerárseles como órganos ricos en capilares. Los tejidos fibrosos, los fibrocartílagos y los huesos los tienen en realidad muy escasos, como corresponde a la lentitud de sus actos vitales. En fin, los cartílagos, córnea, epitelios y epidermis, cristalino y uñas, carecen completamente de esta c…
«Las chufas están cubiertas de una epidermis sutil entre ceniciento y rojo, son aovadas, y mas pequeñas que la avellana mondada; lo interior es sólido, blanco y algo dulce, que Laguna dice enjugar y confortar el estómago».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eipdermis
- epdiermis
- epiddermis
- epidemris
- epiderims
- epidermiss
- epidermmis
- epidermsi
- epiderrmis
- epidremis
- epiedrmis
- eppidermis
- peidermis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of epidermis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).