ocaso
[oˈkaso]
The verdict
“ocaso” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,437
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ocaso · ocaso · Spanish
ocaso · rank #22,437 · 6 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,437
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH nutricional
Nearest frequency peer: nutricional (-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 “ocaso”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- nerd
nerd
77,568 corpus weight
- nutricional
nutricional
77,565 corpus weight
- ocaso
ocaso
77,564 corpus weight
- ojete
ojete
77,562 corpus weight
- Olivera
Olivera
77,561 corpus weight
- osa
osa
77,560 corpus weight
What this shows “ocaso” 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 | ocaso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈkaso] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ocaso”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around ocaso (IPA [oˈkaso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,437 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ocaso, with forms such as "coaso", "oacso", and "ocaos". 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", "ocho", "Olas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 ocaso, spelled O-C-A-S-O.
Definition
- 1Momento en que un astro se oculta a la vista, bajo el horizonte.
- 2Punto cardinal por donde se pone el Sol y lugar, área, dirección o territorio que se sitúa hacia ese punto, convencionalmente ubicado a la izquierda de los mapas, a 270° del norte.
- 3Periodo final de una vida.
- 4Periodo de decadencia hasta la ruina final.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ocaso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los rayos solares nos herían de lleno en el rostro, porque habíamos dado tal vuelta en derredor de la montaña, que íbamos directamente hacia el Ocaso.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- coaso
- oacso
- ocaos
- ocasso
- occaso
- ocsao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ocaso - 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
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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 (6 here; floor ≥5).