radical
[rað̞iˈkal]
The verdict
“radical” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,438
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prerteneciente o relativo a la raíz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-radical · radical · Spanish
radical · rank #3,438 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,438
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH profunda
Nearest frequency peer: profunda (-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 “radical”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pollo
pollo
96,566 corpus weight
- pones
pones
96,565 corpus weight
- profunda
profunda
96,564 corpus weight
- radical
radical
96,563 corpus weight
- relato
relato
96,562 corpus weight
- reloj
reloj
96,561 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “radical” 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 | radical |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [rað̞iˈkal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “radical” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around radical (IPA [rað̞iˈkal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,438 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for radical, with forms such as "ardical", "radcial", and "raddical". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "radicó", "radican", "radicales", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is radical, spelled R-A-D-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Prerteneciente o relativo a la raíz.
- 2Fundamental, de raíz.
- 3Que genera o exige cambios totales o de raíz.
- 4Partidario de reformas extremas, especialmente en sentido democrático.
- 5Que pertenece al partido de la Unión Cívica Radical.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ardical
- radcial
- raddical
- radiacl
- radicall
- radiccal
- radicla
- raidcal
- rdaical
- rradical
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of radical - 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 "radical", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "radical". Here's where to go from here.
- "radical" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "radicó". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,438 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "R" letter cohort. R–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.