prefectura
[pɾefekˈt̪uɾa]
The verdict
“prefectura” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Función y cargo de prefecto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-prefectura · prefectura · Spanish
prefectura · rank #11,474 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,474
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH precauciones
Nearest frequency peer: precauciones (-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 “prefectura”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- polar
polar
88,529 corpus weight
- precauciones
precauciones
88,528 corpus weight
- prefectura
prefectura
88,527 corpus weight
- privatizaci…
privatización
88,526 corpus weight
- produzca
produzca
88,525 corpus weight
- provee
provee
88,524 corpus weight
What this shows “prefectura” 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 | prefectura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾefekˈt̪uɾa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “prefectura”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around prefectura (IPA [pɾefekˈt̪uɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,474 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prefectura, with forms such as "perfectura", "pprefectura", and "preefctura". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prefecturas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 prefectura, spelled P-R-E-F-E-C-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Función y cargo de prefecto.
- 2Jurisdicción y despacho de un prefecto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prefectura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Junto con obtener la autorización de la prefectura para retirar los cuerpos, Llanos debió regresar a la guarnición a pagar los veinte soles de impuestos fiscales por uso de sepultura.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perfectura
- pprefectura
- preefctura
- prefcetura
- prefecctura
- prefectrua
- prefecttura
- prefectuar
- prefecturra
- prefecutra
- prefetcura
- preffectura
- prfeectura
- prrefectura
- rpefectura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prefectura - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prefectura", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).