oscurece
[oskuˈɾese]
The verdict
“oscurece” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,721
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de oscurecer.
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 | oscurece |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [oskuˈɾese] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #36,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oscurece” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around oscurece (IPA [oskuˈɾese]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,721 among 10,276 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for oscurece, with forms such as "ocsurece", "osccurece", and "oscruece". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oscurecer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 oscurece, spelled O-S-C-U-R-E-C-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de oscurecer.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de oscurecer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ocsurece
- osccurece
- oscruece
- oscuerce
- oscurcee
- oscurecce
- oscureec
- oscurese
- oscurrece
- osscurece
- osucrece
- socurece
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oscurece - 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.
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Using “oscurece”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-S-C-U-R-E-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oskuˈɾese] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “oscurecer” - see the side-by-side comparison. oscurece vs oscurecer
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.