étnico
[ˈet̪niko]
The verdict
“étnico” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,742. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,742
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 31
- “É” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio o relacionado con la raza o con grupos de personas que comparten una cultura, una lengua, una región, una religión, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-etnico · étnico · Spanish
étnico · rank #14,742 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,742
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 31
- PHOTO-FINISH yes
Nearest frequency peer: yes (-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 “étnico”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- work
work
85,262 corpus weight
- yes
yes
85,260 corpus weight
- étnico
étnico
85,259 corpus weight
- útero
útero
85,258 corpus weight
- acercaba
acercaba
85,257 corpus weight
- acostumbra
acostumbra
85,256 corpus weight
What this shows “étnico” 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 | étnico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈet̪niko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “étnico”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around étnico (IPA [ˈet̪niko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,742 among 31 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Propio o relacionado con la raza o con grupos de personas que comparten una cultura, una lengua, una región, una religión, etc.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for étnico, with forms such as "ténico", "éntico", and "étinco". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "étnicos", "ética", "ético", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is étnico, spelled É-T-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Propio o relacionado con la raza o con grupos de personas que comparten una cultura, una lengua, una región, una religión, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ténico
- éntico
- étinco
- étncio
- étnicco
- étnioc
- étnnico
- éttnico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étnico - 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 "étnico", 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).