etiqueta
[et̪iˈket̪a]
The verdict
“etiqueta” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,104
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Usos y costumbres convencionales de ciertas clases o comunidades, los que pueden estar asociados a eventos específicos.
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 | etiqueta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [et̪iˈket̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “etiqueta” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around etiqueta (IPA [et̪iˈket̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,104 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for etiqueta, with forms such as "eitqueta", "etiqeuta", and "etiqqueta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "etiquetas", "etiquetado", "etiquetada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is etiqueta, spelled E-T-I-Q-U-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Usos y costumbres convencionales de ciertas clases o comunidades, los que pueden estar asociados a eventos específicos.
- 2Pedazo de papel o plástico o algún otro material, casi siempre con alguna inscripción que se pega a diversos objetos para identificarlos, clasificarlos o describirlos.
- 3Atributo o cualidad que se asocia a un objeto y que lo identifica.
- 4Marca con clase que delimita una región en los lenguajes basados en XML.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eitqueta
- etiqeuta
- etiqqueta
- etiqueat
- etiquetta
- etiqutea
- etiuqeta
- etqiueta
- ettiqueta
- teiqueta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of etiqueta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “etiqueta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-T-I-Q-U-E-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [et̪iˈket̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “etiquetas” - see the side-by-side comparison. etiqueta vs etiquetas
- 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.