ketchup
[ˈket̪t͡ʃup]
The verdict
“ketchup” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,411
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de kétchup.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ketchup · ketchup · Spanish
ketchup · rank #31,411 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,411
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH junten
Nearest frequency peer: junten (-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 “ketchup”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- jerárquica
jerárquica
68,594 corpus weight
- jugosa
jugosa
68,592 corpus weight
- junten
junten
68,591 corpus weight
- ketchup
ketchup
68,590 corpus weight
- largar
largar
68,588 corpus weight
- Larrea
Larrea
68,587 corpus weight
What this shows “ketchup” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ketchup |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈket̪t͡ʃup] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ketchup”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around ketchup (IPA [ˈket̪t͡ʃup]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,411 among 248 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de kétchup.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ketchup, with forms such as "ektchup", "kecthup", and "ketcchup". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ketchup, spelled K-E-T-C-H-U-P.
Definition
- 1Variante de kétchup.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ektchup
- kecthup
- ketcchup
- ketchhup
- ketchpu
- ketchupp
- ketcuhp
- kethcup
- kettchup
- kketchup
- ktechup
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ketchup - 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
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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 (11 here; floor ≥5).