potasio
[poˈt̪asjo]
The verdict
“potasio” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,690
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El potasio es un elemento químico cuyo símbolo es K (del latín Kalium) y cuyo número atómico es 19. Es un metal alcalino, blanco-plateado que abunda en la naturaleza, en los elementos relacionados ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-potasio · potasio · Spanish
potasio · rank #15,690 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH porcelana
Nearest frequency peer: porcelana (-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 “potasio”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- platón
platón
84,314 corpus weight
- porcelana
porcelana
84,312 corpus weight
- potasio
potasio
84,311 corpus weight
- poético
poético
84,310 corpus weight
- profecía
profecía
84,309 corpus weight
- prohibidas
prohibidas
84,308 corpus weight
What this shows “potasio” 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 | potasio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈt̪asjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “potasio”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around potasio (IPA [poˈt̪asjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,690 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "El potasio es un elemento químico cuyo símbolo es K (del latín Kalium) y cuyo número atómico es 19. Es un metal alcalino, blanco-plateado que abunda en la naturaleza, en los elementos relacionados ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for potasio, with forms such as "optasio", "poatsio", and "potacio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "potosí", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is potasio, spelled P-O-T-A-S-I-O.
Definition
- 1El potasio es un elemento químico cuyo símbolo es K (del latín Kalium) y cuyo número atómico es 19. Es un metal alcalino, blanco-plateado que abunda en la naturaleza, en los elementos relacionados con el agua salada y otros minerales. Se oxida rápidamente en el aire, es muy reactivo, especialmente en agua, y se parece químicamente al sodio. Es un elemento químico esencial para la vida.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- optasio
- poatsio
- potacio
- potaiso
- potasoi
- potassio
- potsaio
- pottasio
- ppotasio
- ptoasio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of potasio - 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).