flecha
[ˈflet͡ʃa]
The verdict
“flecha” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,458
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proyectil con forma estrecha y fina, con punta triangular normalmente afilada. Se proyecta mediante un arco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-flecha · flecha · Spanish
flecha · rank #9,458 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,458
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH finde
Nearest frequency peer: finde (-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 “flecha”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- favorece
favorece
90,546 corpus weight
- FBI
FBI
90,545 corpus weight
- finde
finde
90,544 corpus weight
- flecha
flecha
90,543 corpus weight
- fortalecimi…
fortalecimiento
90,542 corpus weight
- ganarse
ganarse
90,541 corpus weight
What this shows “flecha” 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 | flecha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflet͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “flecha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around flecha (IPA [ˈflet͡ʃa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,458 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for flecha, with forms such as "felcha", "fflecha", and "flceha". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "flecos", "fecha", "ficha", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is flecha, spelled F-L-E-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Proyectil con forma estrecha y fina, con punta triangular normalmente afilada. Se proyecta mediante un arco.
- 2Símbolo o señal que indica dirección.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flecha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Con la mirada fija en su objetivo, tensó el arco y la flecha salió disparada hacia el corazón de su enemigo.
La flecha indicaba el caminó a la salida.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- felcha
- fflecha
- flceha
- flecah
- fleccha
- flechha
- flehca
- fllecha
- lfecha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flecha - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "flecha", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).