grabadora
[gɾaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa]
The verdict
“grabadora” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,250 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,250
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento que graba, normalmente información sobre una superficie sólida.
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 | grabadora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gɾaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grabadora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for grabadora is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gɾaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,250 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Instrumento que graba, normalmente información sobre una superficie sólida.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for grabadora, with forms such as "garbadora", "ggrabadora", and "graabdora". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "grabados", "grabado", "grabada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is grabadora, spelled G-R-A-B-A-D-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento que graba, normalmente información sobre una superficie sólida.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garbadora,ggrabadora,graabdora,grabaddora,grabadoar,grabadorra,grabadroa,grabaodra,grabbadora,grabdaora,gravadora,grbaadora,grrabadora,rgabadora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grabadora - 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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Using “grabadora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-R-A-B-A-D-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gɾaβ̞aˈð̞oɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grabados” - see the side-by-side comparison. grabadora vs grabados
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.