extraño
[eksˈt̪ɾaɲo]
The verdict
“extraño” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,289
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que es ajeno a nuestra familia, grupo social, nación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-extrano · extraño · Spanish
extraño · rank #1,289 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,289
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH expresión
Nearest frequency peer: expresión (-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 “extraño”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- españoles
españoles
98,715 corpus weight
- estudiar
estudiar
98,714 corpus weight
- expresión
expresión
98,713 corpus weight
- extraño
extraño
98,712 corpus weight
- Flores
Flores
98,711 corpus weight
- funciona
funciona
98,710 corpus weight
What this shows “extraño” 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 | extraño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eksˈt̪ɾaɲo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “extraño”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around extraño (IPA [eksˈt̪ɾaɲo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,289 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for extraño, with forms such as "etxraño", "exrtaño", and "extarño". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "extras", "extremo", "extraños", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is extraño, spelled E-X-T-R-A-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que es ajeno a nuestra familia, grupo social, nación.
- 2Que es ajeno a algo, que no participa en algo.
- 3Que se aparta de lo que consideramos habitual.
- 4Que no es natural o normal.
- 5Heterogéneo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extraño appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Llegó un extraño al pueblo.
Juan era extraño al complot.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxraño
- exrtaño
- extarño
- extraoñ
- extrraño
- extrñao
- exttraño
- exxtraño
- xetraño
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extraño - 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 "extraño", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).