exterior
[ekst̪eˈɾjoɾ]
The verdict
“exterior” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,244
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece a la parte o aspecto externos de alguna cosa. Formado como grado comparativo irregular de este adjetivo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-exterior · exterior · Spanish
exterior · rank #1,244 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,244
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH empezó
Nearest frequency peer: empezó (-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 “exterior”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- efectos
efectos
98,760 corpus weight
- elección
elección
98,759 corpus weight
- empezó
empezó
98,758 corpus weight
- exterior
exterior
98,757 corpus weight
- habitantes
habitantes
98,756 corpus weight
- hermanos
hermanos
98,755 corpus weight
What this shows “exterior” 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 | exterior |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ekst̪eˈɾjoɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “exterior”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around exterior (IPA [ekst̪eˈɾjoɾ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,244 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que pertenece a la parte o aspecto externos de alguna cosa. Formado como grado comparativo irregular de este adjetivo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for exterior, with forms such as "etxerior", "exetrior", and "exteiror". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "externo", "externos", "exteriores", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is exterior, spelled E-X-T-E-R-I-O-R.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece a la parte o aspecto externos de alguna cosa. Formado como grado comparativo irregular de este adjetivo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxerior
- exetrior
- exteiror
- exteriorr
- exteriro
- exteroir
- exterrior
- extreior
- extterior
- exxterior
- xeterior
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exterior - 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 "exterior", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).