estopa
[esˈt̪opa]
The verdict
“estopa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,182
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filamentos gruesos y toscos de la fibra vegetal, en particular el cáñamo, que se separan al cardar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estopa · estopa · Spanish
estopa · rank #44,182 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,182
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estirando
Nearest frequency peer: estirando (-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 “estopa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- especulado
especulado
55,824 corpus weight
- esquerra
esquerra
55,822 corpus weight
- estanco
estanco
55,821 corpus weight
- estirando
estirando
55,820 corpus weight
- estopa
estopa
55,819 corpus weight
- estrechez
estrechez
55,817 corpus weight
What this shows “estopa” 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 | estopa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈt̪opa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “estopa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around estopa (IPA [esˈt̪opa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,182 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estopa, with forms such as "esotpa", "esstopa", and "estoap". 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, "estoy", "estos", "etapa", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is estopa, spelled E-S-T-O-P-A.
Definition
- 1Filamentos gruesos y toscos de la fibra vegetal, en particular el cáñamo, que se separan al cardar.
- 2Tela que se hace de éstos.
- 3Fibras viejas de jarcias en desuso, que se emplean impregnadas de resina o brea para calafatear.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how estopa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Todo lo que podía hacer era conservar el cáñamo de las cabras que mataba, colocar una mecha de estopa en un platito de arcilla que cocí al sol y hacerme una lámpara.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esotpa
- esstopa
- estoap
- estoppa
- estpoa
- esttopa
- etsopa
- setopa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estopa - 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 "estopa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).