espectacular
[espekt̪akuˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“espectacular” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,306
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne al espectaculo público.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espectacular · espectacular · Spanish
espectacular · rank #5,306 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,306
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH electrónicos
Nearest frequency peer: electrónicos (-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 “espectacular”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- disputa
disputa
94,697 corpus weight
- electrónicos
electrónicos
94,696 corpus weight
- espectacular
espectacular
94,695 corpus weight
- estudia
estudia
94,694 corpus weight
- evidentemen…
evidentemente
94,693 corpus weight
- evita
evita
94,692 corpus weight
What this shows “espectacular” 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 | espectacular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [espekt̪akuˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #5,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “espectacular”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around espectacular (IPA [espekt̪akuˈlaɾ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,306 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for espectacular, with forms such as "epsectacular", "esepctacular", and "espcetacular". 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, "espectáculo", "espectáculos", "espectaculares", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is espectacular, spelled E-S-P-E-C-T-A-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne al espectaculo público.
- 2Que es asombroso, exagerado, u ostentoso.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsectacular
- esepctacular
- espcetacular
- especatcular
- especctacular
- espectaccular
- espectacluar
- espectacualr
- espectacularr
- espectacullar
- espectaculra
- espectauclar
- espectcaular
- especttacular
- espetcacular
- esppectacular
- esspectacular
- sepectacular
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espectacular - 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 "espectacular", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).