focal
[foˈkal]
The verdict
“focal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,218
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne al foco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-focal · focal · Spanish
focal · rank #32,218 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,218
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH firmaba
Nearest frequency peer: firmaba (-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 “focal”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- fieras
fieras
67,786 corpus weight
- firmaba
firmaba
67,784 corpus weight
- focal
focal
67,783 corpus weight
- formuladas
formuladas
67,782 corpus weight
- forzaron
forzaron
67,781 corpus weight
- fraudulentas
fraudulentas
67,780 corpus weight
What this shows “focal” 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 | focal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [foˈkal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “focal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around focal (IPA [foˈkal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,218 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que pertenece o concierne al foco.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for focal, with forms such as "fcoal", "ffocal", and "foacl". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "foco", "fosa", "fora", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is focal, spelled F-O-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne al foco.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how focal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
7.º, en el núcleo de Clarke hay dos clases de neuronas, unas focales de Lenhossek, de cuerpo grande y redondeado, con muchos apéndices dendríticos muy ramificados y axon dividido en ó acodado, que ingresa en el hacecillo cerebeloso directo de Flechsig, y otras tangenciales de Lenhossek ó limitantes de Cajal, ….
La física establece, por medio de sencillas fórmulas matemáticas, las relaciones que existen entre la distancia focal de la lente, la distancia del objeto y la magnitud de la imágen; ….
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fcoal
- ffocal
- foacl
- focall
- foccal
- focla
- ofcal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of focal - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).