estéril
[esˈt̪eɾil]
The verdict
“estéril” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,358
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un ser vivo, incapaz de engendrar descendencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esteril · estéril · Spanish
estéril · rank #20,358 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,358
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estrato
Nearest frequency peer: estrato (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “estéril”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Estonia
Estonia
79,645 corpus weight
- estrato
estrato
79,644 corpus weight
- estéril
estéril
79,643 corpus weight
- Eusebio
Eusebio
79,642 corpus weight
- exagerar
exagerar
79,641 corpus weight
- excavación
excavación
79,640 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estéril” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | estéril |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [esˈt̪eɾil] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estéril” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around estéril (IPA [esˈt̪eɾil]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,358 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 estéril, with forms such as "esstéril", "estréil", and "esttéril". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "estero", "esteros", "estériles", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 estéril, spelled E-S-T-É-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un ser vivo, incapaz de engendrar descendencia.
- 2Por extensión, incapaz de producir el fruto deseado o necesario, con especial referencia a la tierra.
- 3Por extensión, dicho de un período de tiempo, tal que se ha experimentado escasez durante el mismo.
- 4Libre de todo organismo vivo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estéril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
éstas fingían los poetas tener las caras de donzellas, e esto es por quanto la cobdiçia e avariçia e escaseza, que son verdaderas Arpías, son así infecundas e estériles, si quier mañeras, que no paren ningund fruto.
E después, a tienpos pasados, acaesçió que ovo en Brutania, que es Angliaterra, años muy menguados de aguas, unos en pos otros, tanto que se tornó la tierra estéril, e que non levava ya frutos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esstéril
- estréil
- esttéril
- estéirl
- estérill
- estérli
- estérril
- esétril
- etséril
- setéril
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estéril - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estéril", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "estéril". Here's where to go from here.
- "estéril" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "estero". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,358 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.