exorcista

[eksoɾˈsist̪a]

/[eksoɾˈsist̪a]/ noun

The verdict

“exorcista” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,570
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que a través de oraciones y expresiones pueden expulsar a espíritus malignos de un sitio en concreto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-exorcista · exorcista · Spanish

exorcista · rank #36,570 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,570
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH excremento

Nearest frequency peer: excremento (-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 “exorcista”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “exorcista” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exorcista vs exorcismo
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exorcista
PropertyValue
Headwordexorcista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eksoɾˈsist̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,570
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “exorcista”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).exorcistacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “excremento” (#36,569), “expedir” (#36,571), “estupendamente” (#36,568). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “exorcista” va en #36,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around exorcista (IPA [eksoɾˈsist̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,570 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona que a través de oraciones y expresiones pueden expulsar a espíritus malignos de un sitio en concreto.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for exorcista, with forms such as "eoxrcista", "exocrista", and "exorccista". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "exorcismo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 exorcista, spelled E-X-O-R-C-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que a través de oraciones y expresiones pueden expulsar a espíritus malignos de un sitio en concreto.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eoxrcista
  • exocrista
  • exorccista
  • exorcisat
  • exorcissta
  • exorcistta
  • exorcitsa
  • exorcsita
  • exoricsta
  • exorrcista
  • exorsista
  • exrocista
  • exxorcista
  • xeorcista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exorcista - 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.

eoxrcista2exocrista2exorccista1exorcisat2exorcissta1exorcistta1exorcitsa2exorcsita2
Edit distance from "exorcista"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exorcista"?
"exorcista" is spelled E-X-O-R-C-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eksoɾˈsist̪a].
What does "exorcista" mean?
As a noun, "exorcista" means: Persona que a través de oraciones y expresiones pueden expulsar a espíritus malignos de un sitio en concreto.
What words are commonly confused with "exorcista"?
"exorcista" is commonly confused with "exorcismo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exorcista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exorcista" is [eksoɾˈsist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exorcista" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exorcista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list