local
[loˈkal]
The verdict
“local” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #673
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relativo o perteneciente a un lugar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-local · local · Spanish
local · rank #673 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #673
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH libros
Nearest frequency peer: libros (-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 “local”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Colombia
Colombia
99,331 corpus weight
- hermano
hermano
99,330 corpus weight
- libros
libros
99,329 corpus weight
- local
local
99,328 corpus weight
- mar
mar
99,327 corpus weight
- mismos
mismos
99,326 corpus weight
What this shows “local” 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 | local |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [loˈkal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “local”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around local (IPA [loˈkal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #673 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for local, with forms such as "lcoal", "llocal", and "loacl". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "loco", "lola", "loma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is local, spelled L-O-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relativo o perteneciente a un lugar.
- 2Municipal, provincial o estatal (en algunos países de América), en oposición a lo nacional.
- 3Que solamente influye en una porción de un todo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcoal
- llocal
- loacl
- locall
- loccal
- locla
- olcal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of local - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).