perrito
[peˈrit̪o]
The verdict
“perrito” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,106
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de perro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perrito · perrito · Spanish
perrito · rank #11,106 · 7 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,106
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patadas
Nearest frequency peer: patadas (-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 “perrito”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- paradigma
paradigma
88,898 corpus weight
- parecidos
parecidos
88,897 corpus weight
- patadas
patadas
88,896 corpus weight
- perrito
perrito
88,895 corpus weight
- piba
piba
88,893 corpus weight
- pisa
pisa
88,892 corpus weight
What this shows “perrito” 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 | perrito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈrit̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “perrito”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around perrito (IPA [peˈrit̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,106 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for perrito, with forms such as "eprrito", "perirto", and "perriot". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "perro", "perritos", "perdió", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is perrito, spelled P-E-R-R-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de perro.
- 2(Antirrhinum majus) Planta cultivada en jardinería de la familia Plantaginaceae. Tallos paralelos verticales de de un metro de altura, hojas alternas lineares, inflorescencia en racimos terminales de colores que van del blanco, pasando por el amarillo, hasta el rojo obscuro. Si se aprieta la flor lateralmente, esta se abre mostrando su interior.
- 3(Himantopus melanurus) Ave caradriforme que habita en las orillas de lagos, lagunas y ríos de Sudamérica. Mide unos 42 cm de longitud. Tiene el dorso negro, y la frente, corona y vientre blancos. Su pico es largo y recto, de unos6 cm, y sus patas son rojas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprrito
- perirto
- perriot
- perritto
- perrtio
- pperrito
- prerito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perrito - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "perrito", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (7 here; floor ≥5).