leaf
/liːf/
The verdict
“leaf” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,652
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hoja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-leaf · leaf · Spanish
leaf · rank #34,652 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,652
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lacayos
Nearest frequency peer: lacayos (-2 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 “leaf”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Judea
Judea
65,353 corpus weight
- knowledge
knowledge
65,352 corpus weight
- lacayos
lacayos
65,351 corpus weight
- leaf
leaf
65,349 corpus weight
- limitaron
limitaron
65,346 corpus weight
- limpiarse
limpiarse
65,345 corpus weight
What this shows “leaf” 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 | leaf |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /liːf/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “leaf”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around leaf (IPA /liːf/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,652 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hoja.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for leaf, with forms such as "elaf", "laef", and "leaff". 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, "les", "ley", "lei", and more, 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 leaf, spelled L-E-A-F.
Definition
- 1Hoja.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how leaf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He shall be like a tree, planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elaf
- laef
- leaff
- lefa
- lleaf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of leaf - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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).