obeso
[oˈβ̞eso]
The verdict
“obeso” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,251
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Dícese de la persona que tiene gordura en demasía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obeso · obeso · Spanish
obeso · rank #33,251 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,251
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH obstetricia
Nearest frequency peer: obstetricia (+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 “obeso”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- negándose
negándose
66,753 corpus weight
- notarial
notarial
66,752 corpus weight
- obeso
obeso
66,750 corpus weight
- obstetricia
obstetricia
66,749 corpus weight
- obtendrán
obtendrán
66,748 corpus weight
- operaron
operaron
66,747 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obeso” 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 | obeso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞eso] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obeso” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around obeso (IPA [oˈβ̞eso]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,251 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dícese de la persona que tiene gordura en demasía.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for obeso, with forms such as "boeso", "obbeso", and "obeos". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "oso", "oyes", "oreo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is obeso, spelled O-B-E-S-O.
Definition
- 1Dícese de la persona que tiene gordura en demasía.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boeso
- obbeso
- obeos
- obesso
- obseo
- oebso
- oveso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obeso - 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.
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 "obeso", 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.