fútbol
[ˈfut̪β̞ol]
The verdict
“fútbol” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #766
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deporte jugado con los pies cuyo objetivo es hacer avanzar una pelota a uno de los extremos del campo de juego e intentar ubicarla dentro de la meta contraria, acto que se conoce como gol.
Corpus desk
Index ES-futbol · fútbol · Spanish
fútbol · rank #766 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-CORE #766
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fondo
Nearest frequency peer: fondo (-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 “fútbol”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- defensa
defensa
99,238 corpus weight
- dólares
dólares
99,237 corpus weight
- fondo
fondo
99,236 corpus weight
- fútbol
fútbol
99,235 corpus weight
- hago
hago
99,234 corpus weight
- hija
hija
99,233 corpus weight
What this shows “fútbol” 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 | fútbol |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfut̪β̞ol] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “fútbol”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around fútbol (IPA [ˈfut̪β̞ol]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #766 among 2,333 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deporte jugado con los pies cuyo objetivo es hacer avanzar una pelota a uno de los extremos del campo de juego e intentar ubicarla dentro de la meta contraria, acto que se conoce como gol.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fútbol, with forms such as "ffútbol", "ftúbol", and "fúbtol". 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, "futsal", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is fútbol, spelled F-Ú-T-B-O-L.
Definition
- 1Deporte jugado con los pies cuyo objetivo es hacer avanzar una pelota a uno de los extremos del campo de juego e intentar ubicarla dentro de la meta contraria, acto que se conoce como gol.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffútbol
- ftúbol
- fúbtol
- fútbbol
- fútblo
- fútboll
- fútobl
- fúttbol
- fútvol
- úftbol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fútbol - 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 "fútbol", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).