ojito

[oˈxit̪o]

/[oˈxit̪o]/ noun

The verdict

“ojito” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,174. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,174
frequency rank, Spanish
1,467
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de ojo

Corpus desk

Index ES-ojito · ojito · Spanish

ojito · rank #49,174 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,174
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,467
  • PHOTO-FINISH oirá

Nearest frequency peer: oirá (-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 “ojito”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “ojito” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ojito vs ojo
60% similar
ojito vs orto
60% similar
ojito vs otto
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ojito
PropertyValue
Headwordojito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈxit̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#49,174
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ojito”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.ojitocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “oirá” (#49,173), “opresivo” (#49,176), “observará” (#49,170). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “ojito” va en #49,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ojito (IPA [oˈxit̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,174 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Diminutivo de ojo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ojito, with forms such as "joito", "oijto", and "ojiot". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ojo", "orto", "otto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ojito, spelled O-J-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diminutivo de ojo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • joito
  • oijto
  • ojiot
  • ojitto
  • ojjito
  • ojtio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ojito - 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.

joito2oijto2ojiot2ojitto1ojjito1ojtio2
Edit distance from "ojito"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ojito"?
"ojito" is spelled O-J-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈxit̪o].
What does "ojito" mean?
As a noun, "ojito" means: Diminutivo de ojo
What words are commonly confused with "ojito"?
"ojito" is commonly confused with "ojo", "orto", "otto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ojito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ojito" is [oˈxit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ojito" come from?
"ojito" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ojito", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list