ilustre
[iˈlust̪ɾe]
The verdict
“ilustre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,401
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insigne, célebre; famoso por su descollante logro o capacidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ilustre · ilustre · Spanish
ilustre · rank #12,401 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,401
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH icono
Nearest frequency peer: icono (-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 “ilustre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Huesca
Huesca
87,603 corpus weight
- Hurtado
Hurtado
87,602 corpus weight
- icono
icono
87,601 corpus weight
- ilustre
ilustre
87,600 corpus weight
- impresionado
impresionado
87,599 corpus weight
- impulsa
impulsa
87,598 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ilustre” 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 | ilustre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [iˈlust̪ɾe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ilustre” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ilustre (IPA [iˈlust̪ɾe]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,401 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ilustre, with forms such as "illustre", "ilsutre", and "ilusrte". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ilustres", "ilustra", "ilustrar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ilustre, spelled I-L-U-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Insigne, célebre; famoso por su descollante logro o capacidad.
- 2De distinguida prosapia, familia, origen, etc.
- 3Título de dignidad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- illustre
- ilsutre
- ilusrte
- ilusstre
- iluster
- ilustrre
- ilusttre
- ilutsre
- iulstre
- liustre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ilustre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 September 3, 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 "ilustre", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "ilustre". Here's where to go from here.
- "ilustre" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ilustres". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,401 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.