pedante
[peˈð̞ãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“pedante” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,909
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maestro de primera enseñanza que dictaba clases privadas a domicilio para los hijos de familias pudientes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pedante · pedante · Spanish
pedante · rank #39,909 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,909
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patán
Nearest frequency peer: patán (-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 “pedante”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- parti
parti
60,096 corpus weight
- patán
patán
60,093 corpus weight
- pedante
pedante
60,092 corpus weight
- peleador
peleador
60,090 corpus weight
- peligrar
peligrar
60,089 corpus weight
- pepinos
pepinos
60,088 corpus weight
What this shows “pedante” 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 | pedante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈð̞ãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pedante”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around pedante (IPA [peˈð̞ãn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,909 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maestro de primera enseñanza que dictaba clases privadas a domicilio para los hijos de familias pudientes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pedante, with forms such as "epdante", "pdeante", and "peadnte". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "picante", "pediste", "pujante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 pedante, spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Maestro de primera enseñanza que dictaba clases privadas a domicilio para los hijos de familias pudientes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pedante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Callo aquella sentencia que solía repetir de Terencio mi pedante, en que a Baco i a Ceres revolvía.
un pedante, maestro de un gran caballero, niño de muy gallardo entendimiento, hijo de un gran príncipe.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epdante
- pdeante
- peadnte
- pedanet
- pedannte
- pedantte
- pedatne
- peddante
- pednate
- ppedante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pedante - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).