grieta
[ˈgɾjet̪a]
The verdict
“grieta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,604
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rotura larga y estrecha que se produce en una superficie o estructura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-grieta · grieta · Spanish
grieta · rank #16,604 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,604
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gorila
Nearest frequency peer: gorila (-2 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 “grieta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- gloriosa
gloriosa
83,401 corpus weight
- gobernó
gobernó
83,400 corpus weight
- gorila
gorila
83,399 corpus weight
- grieta
grieta
83,397 corpus weight
- guante
guante
83,395 corpus weight
- Guyana
Guyana
83,394 corpus weight
What this shows “grieta” 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 | grieta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgɾjet̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “grieta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around grieta (IPA [ˈgɾjet̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,604 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for grieta, with forms such as "ggrieta", "gireta", and "greita". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grito", "grita", "guita", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is grieta, spelled G-R-I-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Rotura larga y estrecha que se produce en una superficie o estructura.
- 2En especial, lesión en forma de grieta₁ que afecta la piel o mucosa.
- 3Por extensión, divergencia o desacuerdo de opiniones que divide un grupo o institución en bandos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grieta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Una cinta roja y blanca indica que el pabellón está clausurado. El piso se hunde, eso se ve a simple vista. En las aulas que hoy ya no pueden ser utilizadas, las paredes están atravesadas por grietas horizontales, señal del peligro inminente.
Tener los pezones listos para amamantar, además de facilitarle al bebé succionar la leche, le ayudará a disminuir el riesgo de la aparición de grietas. Para lograrlo, se recomienda lubricar los pezones durante el embarazo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrieta
- gireta
- greita
- grieat
- grietta
- gritea
- grrieta
- rgieta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grieta - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).