localizar
[lokaliˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“localizar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,547
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Delimitar la frontera de un terreno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-localizar · localizar · Spanish
localizar · rank #8,547 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,547
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH libra
Nearest frequency peer: libra (-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 “localizar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- league
league
91,457 corpus weight
- libra
libra
91,455 corpus weight
- localizar
localizar
91,454 corpus weight
- long
long
91,453 corpus weight
- Luce
Luce
91,452 corpus weight
- manzanas
manzanas
91,451 corpus weight
What this shows “localizar” 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 | localizar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [lokaliˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “localizar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around localizar (IPA [lokaliˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,547 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for localizar, with forms such as "lcoalizar", "llocalizar", and "loaclizar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "localiza", "localidad", "localizan", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is localizar, spelled L-O-C-A-L-I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Delimitar la frontera de un terreno.
- 2Señalar el lugar que debe tener alguien o algo.
- 3Buscar y determinar el escenario en donde se montará el rodaje.
- 4Buscar el lugar donde se encuentra algo o alguien.
- 5Adaptar un producto extranjero a los usos del mercado local.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lcoalizar
- llocalizar
- loaclizar
- locailzar
- localiazr
- localizarr
- localizra
- localizzar
- locallizar
- localziar
- loccalizar
- loclaizar
- olcalizar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of localizar - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "localizar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).