extinguir
[ekst̪ĩŋˈgiɾ]
The verdict
“extinguir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,121
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acabar con algo de forma que cese gradualmente, que desaparezca de a poco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-extinguir · extinguir · Spanish
extinguir · rank #33,121 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,121
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH extensivo
Nearest frequency peer: extensivo (-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 “extinguir”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- expropiacio…
expropiaciones
66,882 corpus weight
- extensivo
extensivo
66,881 corpus weight
- extinguir
extinguir
66,880 corpus weight
- extremismo
extremismo
66,879 corpus weight
- fertilizaci…
fertilización
66,878 corpus weight
- fetos
fetos
66,877 corpus weight
What this shows “extinguir” 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 | extinguir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ekst̪ĩŋˈgiɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “extinguir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around extinguir (IPA [ekst̪ĩŋˈgiɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,121 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for extinguir, with forms such as "etxinguir", "exitnguir", and "extignuir". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "extinguirse", "extingue", "extinguió", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists 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 extinguir, spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Acabar con algo de forma que cese gradualmente, que desaparezca de a poco.
- 2Apagar lo que arde o brilla: el fuego, la luz, la llama.
- 3Acabar con la vigencia de una obligación o plazo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxinguir
- exitnguir
- extignuir
- extingguir
- extingiur
- extinguirr
- extinguri
- extinnguir
- extinugir
- extniguir
- exttinguir
- exxtinguir
- xetinguir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extinguir - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "extinguir", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).