equivocado
[ekiβ̞oˈkað̞o]
The verdict
“equivocado” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,627 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #3,627
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de equivocar.
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 | equivocado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ekiβ̞oˈkað̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “equivocado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for equivocado is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekiβ̞oˈkað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,627 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de equivocar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for equivocado, with forms such as "eqiuvocado", "eqquivocado", and "equibocado". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "equivocan", "equivocar", "equivocados", 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 equivocado, spelled E-Q-U-I-V-O-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de equivocar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eqiuvocado,eqquivocado,equibocado,equiovcado,equivcoado,equivoacdo,equivocaddo,equivocaod,equivoccado,equivocdao,equivvocado,equviocado,euqivocado,qeuivocado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of equivocado - 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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Using “equivocado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-Q-U-I-V-O-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ekiβ̞oˈkað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “equivocan” - see the side-by-side comparison. equivocado vs equivocan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.