puñalada
[puɲaˈlað̞a]
The verdict
“puñalada” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,779
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herida provocada por un puñal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-punalada · puñalada · Spanish
puñalada · rank #25,779 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,779
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH proyectan
Nearest frequency peer: proyectan (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “puñalada”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- propensos
propensos
74,227 corpus weight
- proporciona…
proporcionalidad
74,226 corpus weight
- prototipos
prototipos
74,224 corpus weight
- proyectan
proyectan
74,223 corpus weight
- puñalada
puñalada
74,222 corpus weight
- Quiñones
Quiñones
74,219 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “puñalada” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | puñalada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [puɲaˈlað̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “puñalada” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around puñalada (IPA [puɲaˈlað̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,779 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for puñalada, with forms such as "ppuñalada", "puañlada", and "puñaalda". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "puntada", "puñaladas", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is puñalada, spelled P-U-Ñ-A-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Herida provocada por un puñal.
- 2Gran pena o daño que se causa a alguien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppuñalada
- puañlada
- puñaalda
- puñalaad
- puñaladda
- puñaldaa
- puñallada
- puñlaada
- pñualada
- upñalada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puñalada - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "puñalada", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "puñalada". Here's where to go from here.
- "puñalada" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "puntada". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #25,779 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.