ermitaño

[eɾmiˈt̪aɲo]

/[eɾmiˈt̪aɲo]/ noun

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The verdict

“ermitaño” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,065
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religioso de vida solitaria, dedicado a la oración y el sacrificio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ermitano · ermitaño · Spanish

ermitaño · rank #30,065 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,065
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH equipamientos

Nearest frequency peer: equipamientos (-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 “ermitaño”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “ermitaño” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ermitaño vs ermita
75% similar
ermitaño vs emitan
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ermitaño
PropertyValue
Headwordermitaño
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eɾmiˈt̪aɲo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,065
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ermitaño”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.ermitañocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “equipamientos” (#30,064), “escogí” (#30,066), “entrevistador” (#30,063). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “ermitaño” va en #30,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ermitaño (IPA [eɾmiˈt̪aɲo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,065 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ermitaño, with forms such as "emritaño", "erimtaño", and "ermiatño". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ermita", "emitan", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ermitaño, spelled E-R-M-I-T-A-Ñ-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religioso de vida solitaria, dedicado a la oración y el sacrificio.
  2. 2
    Religioso cuidador de una ermita en la que habita.
  3. 3
    Persona solitaria que rehúye la compañía de los demás.
  4. 4
    Crustáceo decápodo que vive en los caparazones vacíos de caracoles.

Synonyms

anacoretaeremitapenitentecenobitaeremitapenitentesolitariocangrejo ermitañopagurosolitario

This word in other languages

hermit(English)ermite(Français)Eremit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emritaño
  • erimtaño
  • ermiatño
  • ermitaoñ
  • ermittaño
  • ermitñao
  • ermmitaño
  • ermtiaño
  • errmitaño
  • remitaño

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ermitaño - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emritaño2erimtaño2ermiatño2ermitaoñ2ermittaño1ermitñao2ermmitaño1ermtiaño2
Edit distance from "ermitaño"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ermitaño"?
"ermitaño" is spelled E-R-M-I-T-A-Ñ-O. The IPA pronunciation is [eɾmiˈt̪aɲo].
What does "ermitaño" mean?
As a noun, "ermitaño" means: Religioso de vida solitaria, dedicado a la oración y el sacrificio.
What words are commonly confused with "ermitaño"?
"ermitaño" is commonly confused with "ermita", "emitan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ermitaño"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ermitaño" is [eɾmiˈt̪aɲo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ermitaño" come from?
"ermitaño" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ermitaño", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esparcir#30,069ensanche#30,060enlazado#30,059enamoran#30,056

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

especia10 variantsfaltará10 variantsfijamos10 variantsfijando10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list