éter
[ˈet̪eɾ]
The verdict
“éter” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,001
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 31
- “É” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fluido hipótetico que se había postulado para explicar la propagación de la luz a través del espacio vacío.
Corpus desk
Index ES-eter · éter · Spanish
éter · rank #29,001 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,001
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 31
- PHOTO-FINISH íntegra
Nearest frequency peer: íntegra (+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 “éter”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- volcado
volcado
71,005 corpus weight
- wrong
wrong
71,002 corpus weight
- éter
éter
71,000 corpus weight
- íntegra
íntegra
70,999 corpus weight
- abstractos
abstractos
70,996 corpus weight
- acarrear
acarrear
70,995 corpus weight
What this shows “éter” 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 | éter |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈet̪eɾ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “éter”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around éter (IPA [ˈet̪eɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,001 among 31 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for éter, with forms such as "téer", "éetr", and "éterr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eve", "eye", "eur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is éter, spelled É-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fluido hipótetico que se había postulado para explicar la propagación de la luz a través del espacio vacío.
- 2Compuesto líquido volátil, de olor fuerte, que se utiliza como anestésico en medicina.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si no fuera por un olor a éter y desinfectante, me creería en el locutorio del convento en el que me eduqué.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- téer
- éetr
- éterr
- étre
- étter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éter - 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 "éter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).