quirófano
[kiˈɾofano]
The verdict
“quirófano” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,368
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 364
- “Q” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sala preparada para la práctica de la cirugía
Corpus desk
Index ES-quirofano · quirófano · Spanish
quirófano · rank #27,368 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,368
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 364
- PHOTO-FINISH quepa
Nearest frequency peer: quepa (-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 “quirófano”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- prueben
prueben
72,636 corpus weight
- quepa
quepa
72,634 corpus weight
- quirófano
quirófano
72,633 corpus weight
- racionamien…
racionamiento
72,632 corpus weight
- raid
raid
72,631 corpus weight
- recogía
recogía
72,630 corpus weight
What this shows “quirófano” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quirófano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kiˈɾofano] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “quirófano”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around quirófano (IPA [kiˈɾofano]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,368 among 364 “Q” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for quirófano, with forms such as "qiurófano", "qquirófano", and "quirfóano". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is quirófano, spelled Q-U-I-R-Ó-F-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Sala preparada para la práctica de la cirugía
- 2En especial, aquella acristalada de tal manera que los estudiantes puedan presenciar las operaciones quirúrgicas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qiurófano
- qquirófano
- quirfóano
- quirrófano
- quiróafno
- quirófanno
- quirófaon
- quiróffano
- quirófnao
- quiórfano
- quriófano
- uqirófano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of quirófano - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).