patrulla
[paˈt̪ɾuʝa]
The verdict
“patrulla” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,548
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo de guardias, soldados u otros agentes del orden que recorren periódicamente una zona para vigilarla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-patrulla · patrulla · Spanish
patrulla · rank #10,548 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,548
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH parrilla
Nearest frequency peer: parrilla (-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 “patrulla”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- paraguas
paraguas
89,457 corpus weight
- parrilla
parrilla
89,454 corpus weight
- patrulla
patrulla
89,453 corpus weight
- pensaban
pensaban
89,452 corpus weight
- portátil
portátil
89,451 corpus weight
- previsión
previsión
89,450 corpus weight
What this shows “patrulla” 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 | patrulla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈt̪ɾuʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “patrulla”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around patrulla (IPA [paˈt̪ɾuʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,548 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for patrulla, with forms such as "aptrulla", "partulla", and "patrlula". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "patrullas", "patilla", "parrilla", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is patrulla, spelled P-A-T-R-U-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Grupo de guardias, soldados u otros agentes del orden que recorren periódicamente una zona para vigilarla.
- 2Vigilancia que una patrulla₁ presta.
- 3Por extensión, cualquier destacamento que realiza recorridos periódicos para vigilancia u observación.
- 4Vehículo policial que realiza patrullas₂.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptrulla
- partulla
- patrlula
- patrrulla
- patrula
- patrulal
- pattrulla
- paturlla
- ppatrulla
- ptarulla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patrulla - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).