ilícito
[iˈlisit̪o]
The verdict
“ilícito” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,866. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,866
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que está fuera de lo legal, de lo moral o de las reglas establecidas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ilicito · ilícito · Spanish
ilícito · rank #14,866 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,866
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH ilustrar
Nearest frequency peer: ilustrar (-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 “ilícito”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ice
ice
85,138 corpus weight
- ilustrar
ilustrar
85,136 corpus weight
- ilícito
ilícito
85,135 corpus weight
- impedido
impedido
85,134 corpus weight
- importado
importado
85,133 corpus weight
- importados
importados
85,132 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ilícito” 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 | ilícito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [iˈlisit̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ilícito” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ilícito (IPA [iˈlisit̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,866 among 22,782 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que está fuera de lo legal, de lo moral o de las reglas establecidas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ilícito, with forms such as "ilcíito", "illícito", and "ilíccito". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "inicio", "ilícitos", "implícito", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ilícito, spelled I-L-Í-C-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que está fuera de lo legal, de lo moral o de las reglas establecidas.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilcíito
- illícito
- ilíccito
- ilíciot
- ilícitto
- ilíctio
- ilíicto
- ilísito
- iílcito
- liícito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ilícito - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ilícito", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.