oasis
[oˈasis]
The verdict
“oasis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,180
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Porción de tierra fértil en el medio de un desierto que posee un suministro natural de agua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oasis · oasis · Spanish
oasis · rank #15,180 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,180
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH nutrientes
Nearest frequency peer: nutrientes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “oasis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nu
nu
84,824 corpus weight
- nutrientes
nutrientes
84,822 corpus weight
- oasis
oasis
84,821 corpus weight
- obligando
obligando
84,820 corpus weight
- octavos
octavos
84,819 corpus weight
- ocurrirá
ocurrirá
84,818 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “oasis” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | oasis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈasis] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oasis” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around oasis (IPA [oˈasis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,180 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for oasis, with forms such as "aosis", "oacis", and "oaiss". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "osos", "ovnis", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 oasis, spelled O-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Porción de tierra fértil en el medio de un desierto que posee un suministro natural de agua.
- 2Lugar o tiempo de paz en medio de disturbios y conmociones.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aosis
- oacis
- oaiss
- oasiss
- oassi
- oassis
- osais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oasis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oasis", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.