ilustrar
[ilusˈt̪ɾaɾ]
The verdict
“ilustrar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,865
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar luz al entendimiento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ilustrar · ilustrar · Spanish
ilustrar · rank #14,865 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,865
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH ilícito
Nearest frequency peer: ilícito (+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 “ilustrar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Hoyos
Hoyos
85,140 corpus weight
- 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
What this shows “ilustrar” 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 | ilustrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ilusˈt̪ɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ilustrar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around ilustrar (IPA [ilusˈt̪ɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,865 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ilustrar, with forms such as "illustrar", "ilsutrar", and "ilusrtar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ilustre", "ilustres", "ilustra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ilustrar, spelled I-L-U-S-T-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar luz al entendimiento.
- 2Aclarar un punto o materia.
- 3Adornar un impreso con láminas o grabados alusivos al texto.
- 4Hacer ilustre a una persona o cosa.
- 5Instruir, civilizar.
- 6Alumbrar Dios interiormente a la criatura con luz sobrenatural.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ilustrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… por los Jefes Sabios se ilustraron el jefe Gucumatz, el jefe Cotuha. En verdad, aquel Gucumatz llegó a ser un jefe sabio.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- illustrar
- ilsutrar
- ilusrtar
- ilusstrar
- ilustarr
- ilustrarr
- ilustrrar
- ilusttrar
- ilutsrar
- iulstrar
- liustrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ilustrar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ilustrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).