ratificar
[rat̪ifiˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“ratificar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,916
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confirmar y mantener la validez o verdad de palabras
Corpus desk
Index ES-ratificar · ratificar · Spanish
ratificar · rank #23,916 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,916
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH raso
Nearest frequency peer: raso (-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 “ratificar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- proclamar
proclamar
76,089 corpus weight
- pulgas
pulgas
76,087 corpus weight
- raso
raso
76,086 corpus weight
- ratificar
ratificar
76,085 corpus weight
- rebajas
rebajas
76,084 corpus weight
- recambio
recambio
76,083 corpus weight
What this shows “ratificar” 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 | ratificar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rat̪ifiˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ratificar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around ratificar (IPA [rat̪ifiˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,916 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Confirmar y mantener la validez o verdad de palabras".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ratificar, with forms such as "artificar", "raitficar", and "ratfiicar". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ratificó", "rectificar", "ratifica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ratificar, spelled R-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Confirmar y mantener la validez o verdad de palabras
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- artificar
- raitficar
- ratfiicar
- ratifciar
- ratifficar
- ratifiacr
- ratificarr
- ratificcar
- ratificra
- ratiifcar
- rattificar
- rratificar
- rtaificar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ratificar - 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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ratificar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).