Paraguay
[paɾaˈɣ̞waj]
The verdict
“Paraguay” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,002
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - País de Sudamérica sin costa marítima, ubicado sobre márgenes del río Paraguay. Limita con Argentina al sur y el sudoeste, con Brasil al nordeste y con Bolivia al noroeste.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paraguay · Paraguay · Spanish
Paraguay · rank #3,002 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,002
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH numerosas
Nearest frequency peer: numerosas (-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 “Paraguay”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- metal
metal
97,001 corpus weight
- numerosas
numerosas
97,000 corpus weight
- Paraguay
Paraguay
96,999 corpus weight
- pasajeros
pasajeros
96,998 corpus weight
- peores
peores
96,997 corpus weight
- polvo
polvo
96,996 corpus weight
What this shows “Paraguay” 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 | Paraguay |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [paɾaˈɣ̞waj] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Paraguay”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Paraguay (IPA [paɾaˈɣ̞waj]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,002 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "País de Sudamérica sin costa marítima, ubicado sobre márgenes del río Paraguay. Limita con Argentina al sur y el sudoeste, con Brasil al nordeste y con Bolivia al noroeste.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paraguay, with forms such as "apraguay", "paarguay", and "paragauy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "paraguayo", "paraguaya", "paraguayos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Paraguay, spelled P-A-R-A-G-U-A-Y.
Definition
- 1País de Sudamérica sin costa marítima, ubicado sobre márgenes del río Paraguay. Limita con Argentina al sur y el sudoeste, con Brasil al nordeste y con Bolivia al noroeste.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apraguay
- paarguay
- paragauy
- paragguay
- paraguayy
- paraguya
- paraugay
- pargauay
- parraguay
- pparaguay
- praaguay
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paraguay - 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 "Paraguay", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).