imperativo
[ĩmpeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“imperativo” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,616
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de aquello que impera.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imperativo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩmpeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imperativo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around imperativo (IPA [ĩmpeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,616 among 22,782 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for imperativo, with forms such as "imeprativo", "immperativo", and "impeartivo". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is imperativo, spelled I-M-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de aquello que impera.
- 2Que denota deber u obligación.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imeprativo,immperativo,impeartivo,imperaitvo,imperatibo,imperatiov,imperativvo,imperattivo,imperatvio,imperrativo,impertaivo,impperativo,impreativo,ipmerativo,miperativo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of imperativo - 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 “imperativo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-M-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩmpeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.