Linux
[liˈnuks]
The verdict
“Linux” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,018
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Denominación de un sistema operativo tipo Unix (también conocido como GNU/Linux) y también su núcleo (llamado Linux a secas). Es uno de los ejemplos más prominentes del software libre y del desarro...
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Index ES-linux · Linux · Spanish
Linux · rank #8,018 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,018
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH levantarse
Nearest frequency peer: levantarse (-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 “Linux”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- legalidad
legalidad
91,986 corpus weight
- Leonardo
Leonardo
91,985 corpus weight
- levantarse
levantarse
91,984 corpus weight
- Linux
Linux
91,983 corpus weight
- Malvinas
Malvinas
91,982 corpus weight
- maniobra
maniobra
91,981 corpus weight
What this shows “Linux” 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 | Linux |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [liˈnuks] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Linux”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Linux (IPA [liˈnuks]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,018 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Denominación de un sistema operativo tipo Unix (también conocido como GNU/Linux) y también su núcleo (llamado Linux a secas). Es uno de los ejemplos más prominentes del software libre y del desarro...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Linux, with forms such as "ilnux", "linnux", and "linuxx". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "lux", "lin", "link", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Linux, spelled L-I-N-U-X.
Definition
- 1Denominación de un sistema operativo tipo Unix (también conocido como GNU/Linux) y también su núcleo (llamado Linux a secas). Es uno de los ejemplos más prominentes del software libre y del desarrollo del código abierto, cuyo código fuente está disponible públicamente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilnux
- linnux
- linuxx
- linxu
- liunx
- llinux
- lniux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Linux - 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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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).