flexible
[flekˈsiβ̞le]
The verdict
“flexible” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,502
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dotado de fácil variación tanto en forma como en tamaño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-flexible · flexible · Spanish
flexible · rank #10,502 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,502
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH explosivos
Nearest frequency peer: explosivos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “flexible”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- estudian
estudian
89,502 corpus weight
- existiendo
existiendo
89,501 corpus weight
- explosivos
explosivos
89,500 corpus weight
- flexible
flexible
89,499 corpus weight
- Gallardo
Gallardo
89,498 corpus weight
- gilipollas
gilipollas
89,497 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “flexible” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | flexible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [flekˈsiβ̞le] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “flexible” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around flexible (IPA [flekˈsiβ̞le]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,502 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for flexible, with forms such as "felxible", "fflexible", and "fleixble". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "flexibles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is flexible, spelled F-L-E-X-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Dotado de fácil variación tanto en forma como en tamaño.
- 2Que sabe ceder ante una circunstancia.
- 3Que no está sujeto a una dogmática estricta.
- 4Que se puede adaptar o acomodar en función de las circunstancias o necesidades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flexible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tiene un carácter flexible y tolerante.
Se ha creado una legislación flexible que no es suficiente para controlar la corrupción.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- felxible
- fflexible
- fleixble
- flexbile
- flexibble
- flexibel
- flexiblle
- flexilbe
- flexivle
- flexxible
- fllexible
- flxeible
- lfexible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of flexible - 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 "flexible", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "flexible". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "flexibles". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,502 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.