escalafón
[eskalaˈfõn]
The verdict
“escalafón” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,337
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lista de los individuos de una corporación, clasificados según su grado, antigüedad, méritos, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-escalafon · escalafón · Spanish
escalafón · rank #31,337 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,337
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH eróticas
Nearest frequency peer: eróticas (-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 “escalafón”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- envejece
envejece
68,667 corpus weight
- equivocaste
equivocaste
68,666 corpus weight
- eróticas
eróticas
68,665 corpus weight
- escalafón
escalafón
68,664 corpus weight
- espontaneid…
espontaneidad
68,662 corpus weight
- estanques
estanques
68,661 corpus weight
What this shows “escalafón” 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 | escalafón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eskalaˈfõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “escalafón”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around escalafón (IPA [eskalaˈfõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,337 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lista de los individuos de una corporación, clasificados según su grado, antigüedad, méritos, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for escalafón, with forms such as "ecsalafón", "esaclafón", and "escaalfón". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "escalón", "escaparon", "escalado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is escalafón, spelled E-S-C-A-L-A-F-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Lista de los individuos de una corporación, clasificados según su grado, antigüedad, méritos, etc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecsalafón
- esaclafón
- escaalfón
- escalaffón
- escalafnó
- escalafónn
- escalaófn
- escalfaón
- escallafón
- esccalafón
- esclaafón
- esscalafón
- secalafón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escalafón - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "escalafón", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).