férreo
[ˈfereo]
The verdict
“férreo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,244
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De hierro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ferreo · férreo · Spanish
férreo · rank #39,244 · 6 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,244
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH féretro
Nearest frequency peer: féretro (-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 “férreo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- funerarias
funerarias
60,760 corpus weight
- fut
fut
60,759 corpus weight
- féretro
féretro
60,758 corpus weight
- férreo
férreo
60,757 corpus weight
- garita
garita
60,756 corpus weight
- gorrión
gorrión
60,754 corpus weight
What this shows “férreo” 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 | férreo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfereo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “férreo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around férreo (IPA [ˈfereo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,244 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for férreo, with forms such as "fférreo", "fréreo", and "féreo". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "forro", "ferry", "fierro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is férreo, spelled F-É-R-R-E-O.
Definition
- 1De hierro.
- 2Que recuerda al hierro en cualquiera de sus cualidades.
- 3Persistente, tenaz, duro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how férreo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aseguró en los férreos escálamos los remos, // y el agua la fantástica embarcación sulcó; // bogando hacia el islote por el desierto lago, // como la Estigia cruza la barca de Carón.
La Nación peruana se lisonjea de ser agradecida a la par de los eficacísimos esfuerzos que V. E. ha hecho lanzándose como el rayo desde la célebre montaña que vió los últimos días de Lautaro, a exterminar en el suelo de los Incas el férreo poder de España.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fférreo
- fréreo
- féreo
- férero
- férroe
- éfrreo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of férreo - 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 "férreo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).