estirar
[est̪iˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“estirar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,986
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirar de algo o forzarlo de otro modo para que se dilate
Corpus desk
Index ES-estirar · estirar · Spanish
estirar · rank #20,986 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,986
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estadista
Nearest frequency peer: estadista (-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 “estirar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- esquizofren…
esquizofrenia
79,018 corpus weight
- estacionado
estacionado
79,017 corpus weight
- estadista
estadista
79,016 corpus weight
- estirar
estirar
79,015 corpus weight
- evangélica
evangélica
79,014 corpus weight
- excluyendo
excluyendo
79,013 corpus weight
What this shows “estirar” 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 | estirar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [est̪iˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “estirar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around estirar (IPA [est̪iˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,986 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for estirar, with forms such as "esitrar", "esstirar", and "estiarr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "estirpe", "estival", "extirpar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 estirar, spelled E-S-T-I-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tirar de algo o forzarlo de otro modo para que se dilate
- 2Extender alguna cosa de tal manera de alisarla
- 3Extender cuidadosamente un músculo o miembro para aliviar la tensión a la que está sometido por la postura habitual o un ejercicio
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esitrar
- esstirar
- estiarr
- estirarr
- estirra
- estirrar
- estriar
- esttirar
- etsirar
- setirar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estirar - 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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estirar", 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).