extraterrestres
[ekst̪ɾat̪eˈrest̪ɾes]
The verdict
“extraterrestres” has 22 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,616
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de extraterrestre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-extraterrestres · extraterrestres · Spanish
extraterrestres · rank #15,616 · 22 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,616
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH extradición
Nearest frequency peer: extradición (-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 “extraterrestres”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- experimenta…
experimentando
84,388 corpus weight
- explora
explora
84,387 corpus weight
- extradición
extradición
84,386 corpus weight
- extraterres…
extraterrestres
84,385 corpus weight
- extremistas
extremistas
84,384 corpus weight
- fake
fake
84,383 corpus weight
What this shows “extraterrestres” 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 | extraterrestres |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ekst̪ɾat̪eˈrest̪ɾes] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #15,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “extraterrestres”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around extraterrestres (IPA [ekst̪ɾat̪eˈrest̪ɾes]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,616 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de extraterrestre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for extraterrestres, with forms such as "etxraterrestres", "exrtaterrestres", and "extarterrestres". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "extraterrestre", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is extraterrestres, spelled E-X-T-R-A-T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de extraterrestre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxraterrestres
- exrtaterrestres
- extarterrestres
- extraetrrestres
- extratererstres
- extraterestres
- extraterresrtes
- extraterresstres
- extraterresters
- extraterrestress
- extraterrestrres
- extraterrestrse
- extraterresttres
- extraterretsres
- extraterrsetres
- extratrerestres
- extratterrestres
- extrraterrestres
- extrtaerrestres
- exttraterrestres
- exxtraterrestres
- xetraterrestres
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extraterrestres - 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 "extraterrestres", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).