explorar
[eksploˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“explorar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,527
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-explorar · explorar · Spanish
explorar · rank #6,527 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,527
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH exploración
Nearest frequency peer: exploración (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “explorar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- estrecho
estrecho
93,477 corpus weight
- exitosa
exitosa
93,476 corpus weight
- exploración
exploración
93,475 corpus weight
- explorar
explorar
93,474 corpus weight
- exportacion…
exportaciones
93,473 corpus weight
- filtro
filtro
93,472 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “explorar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | explorar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eksploˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “explorar” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around explorar (IPA [eksploˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,527 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for explorar, with forms such as "epxlorar", "exlporar", and "expllorar". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "explota", "explore", "explotar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is explorar, spelled E-X-P-L-O-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Observar, registrar, investigar sobre un lugar, situación u objeto.
- 2Hacer observaciones relacionadas con un problema claramente definido con el propósito de ayudar a determinar el diseño de una investigación, los metódos de adquisición de datos y selección de sujetos, etc.
- 3Realizar una serie de observaciones metódicas para diagnosticar a un paciente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epxlorar
- exlporar
- expllorar
- exploarr
- explorarr
- explorra
- explorrar
- explroar
- expolrar
- expplorar
- exxplorar
- xeplorar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of explorar - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "explorar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "explorar". Here's where to go from here.
- "explorar" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "explota". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,527 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.