nasal
[naˈsal]
The verdict
“nasal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,434
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relacionado con la nariz o propio de ella.
Corpus desk
Index ES-nasal · nasal · Spanish
nasal · rank #20,434 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,434
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH narraciones
Nearest frequency peer: narraciones (-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 “nasal”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- multiplica
multiplica
79,570 corpus weight
- murciélago
murciélago
79,569 corpus weight
- narraciones
narraciones
79,568 corpus weight
- nasal
nasal
79,567 corpus weight
- natura
natura
79,566 corpus weight
- neumonía
neumonía
79,565 corpus weight
What this shows “nasal” 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 | nasal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [naˈsal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “nasal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around nasal (IPA [naˈsal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,434 among 1,151 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nasal, with forms such as "ansal", "naasl", and "nasall". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "nata", "natal", "naval", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is nasal, spelled N-A-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relacionado con la nariz o propio de ella.
- 2Se dice del sonido que usa el aire espirado por la nariz.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ansal
- naasl
- nasall
- nasla
- nassal
- nnasal
- nsaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nasal - 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 "nasal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).