pavada
[paˈβ̞að̞a]
The verdict
“pavada” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,362
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo de pavos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pavada · pavada · Spanish
pavada · rank #44,362 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,362
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patriarcales
Nearest frequency peer: patriarcales (-2 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 “pavada”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- panceta
panceta
55,644 corpus weight
- paracaidista
paracaidista
55,643 corpus weight
- patriarcales
patriarcales
55,641 corpus weight
- pavada
pavada
55,639 corpus weight
- perfecciona…
perfeccionando
55,635 corpus weight
- permitamos
permitamos
55,634 corpus weight
What this shows “pavada” 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 | pavada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈβ̞að̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pavada”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pavada (IPA [paˈβ̞að̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,362 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pavada, with forms such as "apvada", "paavda", and "pabada". 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, "Prada", "pesada", "Posada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pavada, spelled P-A-V-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Grupo de pavos.
- 2Cosa que se dice, o hace, carente de gracia y picardía.
- 3Cosa que se dice, o hace, carente de buen gusto, cortesía o decencia.
- 4Cosa fácil de llevar a cabo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pavada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero a nadie se le iba a ocurrir una pavada así, con lo de los tres niños de Flores y encima la paliza que nos iban a dar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apvada
- paavda
- pabada
- pavaad
- pavadda
- pavdaa
- pavvada
- ppavada
- pvaada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pavada - 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 "pavada", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).