estúpido
[esˈt̪upið̞o]
The verdict
“estúpido” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,103
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Afectado de estupor
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 | estúpido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [esˈt̪upið̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estúpido” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around estúpido (IPA [esˈt̪upið̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,103 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for estúpido, with forms such as "esstúpido", "estpúido", and "esttúpido". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "estúpidos", "estudio", "escupió", and more, 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 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 estúpido, spelled E-S-T-Ú-P-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Afectado de estupor
- 2Falto de inteligencia o entendimiento
- 3Dicho de una cosa, propia de alguien estúpido₂
- 4Por extensión, carente de lógica, razón o coherencia.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esstúpido
- estpúido
- esttúpido
- estúipdo
- estúpdio
- estúpiddo
- estúpiod
- estúppido
- esútpido
- etsúpido
- setúpido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estúpido - 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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Using “estúpido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-Ú-P-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈt̪upið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estúpidos” - see the side-by-side comparison. estúpido vs estúpidos
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.