kiwi
[ˈkiwi]
The verdict
“kiwi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,187. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Apteryx owenii) Ave no voladora de Nueva Zelanda, la única población superviviente conocida procede de Kapiti Is.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kiwi · kiwi · Spanish
kiwi · rank #34,187 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,187
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH Katia
Nearest frequency peer: Katia (-3 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 “kiwi”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- justificados
justificados
65,819 corpus weight
- Karol
Karol
65,818 corpus weight
- Katia
Katia
65,817 corpus weight
- kiwi
kiwi
65,814 corpus weight
- Leningrado
Leningrado
65,810 corpus weight
- lives
lives
65,809 corpus weight
What this shows “kiwi” 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 | kiwi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkiwi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “kiwi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around kiwi (IPA [ˈkiwi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,187 among 248 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kiwi, with forms such as "ikwi", "kiiw", and "kiwwi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ki", "Kim", "kit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 kiwi, spelled K-I-W-I.
Definition
- 1(Apteryx owenii) Ave no voladora de Nueva Zelanda, la única población superviviente conocida procede de Kapiti Is.
- 2(Actinidia deliciosa) Planta originaria de China y cultivada en muchas regiones del mundo por sus bayas comestibles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kiwi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El nombre kiwifruit se acepta -internacionalmente- eliminando las denominaciones anteriores.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ikwi
- kiiw
- kiwwi
- kkiwi
- kwii
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kiwi - 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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).