italiano
[it̪aˈljano]
The verdict
“italiano” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,129
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de Italia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-italiano · italiano · Spanish
italiano · rank #3,129 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,129
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH importar
Nearest frequency peer: importar (-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 “italiano”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- hacerte
hacerte
96,876 corpus weight
- héroe
héroe
96,875 corpus weight
- idiota
idiota
96,874 corpus weight
- importar
importar
96,873 corpus weight
- italiano
italiano
96,872 corpus weight
- meter
meter
96,871 corpus weight
What this shows “italiano” 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 | italiano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [it̪aˈljano] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “italiano”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around italiano (IPA [it̪aˈljano]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,129 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for italiano, with forms such as "iatliano", "itailano", and "italaino". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "italianos", "Italia", "italiana", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is italiano, spelled I-T-A-L-I-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de Italia.
- 2Indica que una preparación culinaria que es acompañado por tomate, palta y mayonesa como la variante del completo llamada del misma forma. Se denomina de esa forma a juzgar por los colores de la bandera de Italia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how italiano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un churrasco italiano es sándwich de carne de res con tomate, palta y mayonesa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iatliano
- itailano
- italaino
- italianno
- italiaon
- italinao
- italliano
- itlaiano
- ittaliano
- tialiano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of italiano - 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 "italiano", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).