interruptor
[ĩn̪t̪erupˈt̪oɾ]
The verdict
“interruptor” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,370
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositivo eléctrico cuya función es detener el flujo de corriente eléctrica entre dos puntos. Tradicionalmente, un interruptor sólo tiene dos posiciones: apagado y encendido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-interruptor · interruptor · Spanish
interruptor · rank #21,370 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,370
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH interactiva
Nearest frequency peer: interactiva (-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 “interruptor”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- indicativo
indicativo
78,634 corpus weight
- inscrita
inscrita
78,633 corpus weight
- interactiva
interactiva
78,632 corpus weight
- interruptor
interruptor
78,631 corpus weight
- intervinier…
intervinieron
78,630 corpus weight
- intimidación
intimidación
78,629 corpus weight
What this shows “interruptor” 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 | interruptor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩn̪t̪erupˈt̪oɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “interruptor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around interruptor (IPA [ĩn̪t̪erupˈt̪oɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,370 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dispositivo eléctrico cuya función es detener el flujo de corriente eléctrica entre dos puntos. Tradicionalmente, un interruptor sólo tiene dos posiciones: apagado y encendido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for interruptor, with forms such as "inetrruptor", "innterruptor", and "interrputor". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "interruptores", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is interruptor, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Dispositivo eléctrico cuya función es detener el flujo de corriente eléctrica entre dos puntos. Tradicionalmente, un interruptor sólo tiene dos posiciones: apagado y encendido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how interruptor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dime cuál es el interruptor que enciende la lámpara, quiero leer esta revista.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetrruptor
- innterruptor
- interrputor
- interrupotr
- interrupptor
- interruptorr
- interruptro
- interrupttor
- interrutpor
- interuptor
- interurptor
- intreruptor
- intterruptor
- itnerruptor
- niterruptor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interruptor - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "interruptor", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).