optar
[opˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“optar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,723
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escoger una cosa entre varias.
Corpus desk
Index ES-optar · optar · Spanish
optar · rank #10,723 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,723
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH opresión
Nearest frequency peer: opresión (-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 “optar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Nápoles
Nápoles
89,282 corpus weight
- olvidan
olvidan
89,281 corpus weight
- opresión
opresión
89,279 corpus weight
- optar
optar
89,278 corpus weight
- paradas
paradas
89,276 corpus weight
- paradero
paradero
89,275 corpus weight
What this shows “optar” 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 | optar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [opˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “optar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around optar (IPA [opˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,723 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 optar, with forms such as "opatr", "opptar", and "optarr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "OTAN", "orar", "Óscar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is optar, spelled O-P-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Escoger una cosa entre varias.
- 2Entrar en la dignidad, empleo u otra cosa a que se tiene derecho.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opatr
- opptar
- optarr
- optra
- opttar
- otpar
- potar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of optar - 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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "optar", 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).