limitaba
[limiˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“limitaba” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,122
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limitar o de limitarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-limitaba · limitaba · Spanish
limitaba · rank #26,122 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,122
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lidiando
Nearest frequency peer: lidiando (-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 “limitaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- levantamien…
levantamientos
73,881 corpus weight
- lidiando
lidiando
73,880 corpus weight
- limitaba
limitaba
73,879 corpus weight
- llenarse
llenarse
73,877 corpus weight
- llenen
llenen
73,876 corpus weight
- Lleras
Lleras
73,875 corpus weight
What this shows “limitaba” 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 | limitaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [limiˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “limitaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around limitaba (IPA [limiˈt̪aβ̞a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,122 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for limitaba, with forms such as "ilmitaba", "liimtaba", and "limiatba". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "limitar", "limitan", "limitado", 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 limitaba, spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limitar o de limitarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de limitar o de limitarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilmitaba
- liimtaba
- limiatba
- limitaab
- limitabba
- limitava
- limitbaa
- limittaba
- limmitaba
- limtiaba
- llimitaba
- lmiitaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of limitaba - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "limitaba", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).