reggae
[reˈɣ̞ae]
The verdict
“reggae” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,265
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Género musical de origen jamaiquino. Se basa en un estilo rítmico caracterizado por cortes regulares sobre una música de fondo tocada por la batería rítmica, conocida como "beat", y la batería, que...
Corpus desk
Index ES-reggae · reggae · Spanish
reggae · rank #17,265 · 6 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,265
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH regalan
Nearest frequency peer: regalan (-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 “reggae”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- rechazaron
rechazaron
82,739 corpus weight
- reforzado
reforzado
82,738 corpus weight
- regalan
regalan
82,737 corpus weight
- reggae
reggae
82,736 corpus weight
- regresen
regresen
82,735 corpus weight
- remo
remo
82,734 corpus weight
What this shows “reggae” 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 | reggae |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈɣ̞ae] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “reggae”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around reggae (IPA [reˈɣ̞ae]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,265 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Género musical de origen jamaiquino. Se basa en un estilo rítmico caracterizado por cortes regulares sobre una música de fondo tocada por la batería rítmica, conocida como "beat", y la batería, que...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for reggae, with forms such as "erggae", "regae", and "regage". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Regla", "reglas", "Reggie", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is reggae, spelled R-E-G-G-A-E.
Definition
- 1Género musical de origen jamaiquino. Se basa en un estilo rítmico caracterizado por cortes regulares sobre una música de fondo tocada por la batería rítmica, conocida como "beat", y la batería, que se toca en el tercer tiempo de cada compás.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erggae
- regae
- regage
- reggea
- rgegae
- rreggae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reggae - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).