lapso
[ˈlapso]
The verdict
“lapso” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,604
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tiempo transcurrido entre dos instancias o sucesos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lapso · lapso · Spanish
lapso · rank #11,604 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,604
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Josh
Nearest frequency peer: Josh (-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 “lapso”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- invención
invención
88,401 corpus weight
- Josh
Josh
88,398 corpus weight
- lapso
lapso
88,397 corpus weight
- levantan
levantan
88,396 corpus weight
- llegarán
llegarán
88,395 corpus weight
- lomo
lomo
88,393 corpus weight
What this shows “lapso” 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 | lapso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlapso] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lapso”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around lapso (IPA [ˈlapso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,604 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tiempo transcurrido entre dos instancias o sucesos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lapso, with forms such as "alpso", "lapos", and "lappso". 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, "las", "lazo", "last", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is lapso, spelled L-A-P-S-O.
Definition
- 1Tiempo transcurrido entre dos instancias o sucesos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lapso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las recientes estructuras del gobierno unitario habían sido derribadas por las fuerzas más pujantes y bárbaras de las provincias, y sus leyes fueron aventadas por los cascos de los caballos de los caudillos que se apoderarían de estas naciones por largo y sangriento lapso.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alpso
- lapos
- lappso
- lapsso
- laspo
- llapso
- lpaso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lapso - 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 "lapso", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).