metralla
[meˈt̪ɾaʝa]
The verdict
“metralla” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,151
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de pedazos menudos de hierro colado que saltan fuera de los moldes al hacer los lingotes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-metralla · metralla · Spanish
metralla · rank #30,151 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,151
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH meteorológicas
Nearest frequency peer: meteorológicas (-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 “metralla”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- mataste
mataste
69,853 corpus weight
- Maule
Maule
69,852 corpus weight
- meteorológi…
meteorológicas
69,851 corpus weight
- metralla
metralla
69,850 corpus weight
- milita
milita
69,849 corpus weight
- miniaturas
miniaturas
69,848 corpus weight
What this shows “metralla” 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 | metralla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈt̪ɾaʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “metralla”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around metralla (IPA [meˈt̪ɾaʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,151 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for metralla, with forms such as "emtralla", "mertalla", and "metarlla". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "muralla", "metralleta", "medalla", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 metralla, spelled M-E-T-R-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de pedazos menudos de hierro colado que saltan fuera de los moldes al hacer los lingotes.
- 2Munición menuda con que se cargan las piezas o proyectiles de artillería, y suele ser de pedazos de clavos, hierros y balas.
- 3Bote de metralla.
- 4Conjunto de cosas para desechar.
- 5Ron de muy mala calidad.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emtralla
- mertalla
- metarlla
- metrala
- metralal
- metrlala
- metrralla
- mettralla
- mmetralla
- mteralla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of metralla - 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 "metralla", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).