Paul
/paʊ̯l/
The verdict
“Paul” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,260
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Pablo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paul · Paul · Spanish
Paul · rank #2,260 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,260
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH parar
Nearest frequency peer: parar (-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 “Paul”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- mezcla
mezcla
97,744 corpus weight
- objetos
objetos
97,743 corpus weight
- parar
parar
97,742 corpus weight
- Paul
Paul
97,741 corpus weight
- perfecta
perfecta
97,740 corpus weight
- policías
policías
97,738 corpus weight
What this shows “Paul” 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 | Paul |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /paʊ̯l/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Paul”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Paul (IPA /paʊ̯l/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,260 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Pablo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paul, with forms such as "apul", "palu", and "paull". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pu", "paz", "Pol", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Paul, spelled P-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Pablo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apul
- palu
- paull
- ppaul
- pual
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paul - 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 "Paul", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).