mapache
[maˈpat͡ʃe]
The verdict
“mapache” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,608. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,608
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mamífero carnívoro americano. Es pequeño poco mayor y más grueso que un gato, de pelo medianamente largo y de color gris plateado, más oscuro en centro del lomo, el pelo de las extremidades casi bl...
Corpus desk
Index ES-mapache · mapache · Spanish
mapache · rank #35,608 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,608
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH manualidades
Nearest frequency peer: manualidades (-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 “mapache”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- manadas
manadas
64,397 corpus weight
- manipuladas
manipuladas
64,395 corpus weight
- manualidades
manualidades
64,394 corpus weight
- mapache
mapache
64,393 corpus weight
- marcho
marcho
64,392 corpus weight
- mareado
mareado
64,391 corpus weight
What this shows “mapache” 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 | mapache |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈpat͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #35,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mapache”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around mapache (IPA [maˈpat͡ʃe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,608 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mamífero carnívoro americano. Es pequeño poco mayor y más grueso que un gato, de pelo medianamente largo y de color gris plateado, más oscuro en centro del lomo, el pelo de las extremidades casi bl...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mapache, with forms such as "ampache", "maapche", and "mapacche". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "marche", "masacre", "mapuche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mapache, spelled M-A-P-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Mamífero carnívoro americano. Es pequeño poco mayor y más grueso que un gato, de pelo medianamente largo y de color gris plateado, más oscuro en centro del lomo, el pelo de las extremidades casi blancas, cola larga y anillada y una característica mancha de pelo negro que va desde cada mejilla a cada ojo y recuerda a un antifaz.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ampache
- maapche
- mapacche
- mapaceh
- mapachhe
- mapahce
- mapcahe
- mappache
- mmapache
- mpaache
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mapache - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mapache", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).