reloj
[reˈlox]
The verdict
“reloj” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,440. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,440
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Máquina dotada de movimiento uniforme, que sirve para medir el tiempo o dividir el día en horas, minutos y segundos. Un peso o un muelle produce, por lo común, el movimiento, que se regula con un p...
Corpus desk
Index ES-reloj · reloj · Spanish
reloj · rank #3,440 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,440
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH relato
Nearest frequency peer: relato (-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 “reloj”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- profunda
profunda
96,564 corpus weight
- radical
radical
96,563 corpus weight
- relato
relato
96,562 corpus weight
- reloj
reloj
96,561 corpus weight
- requisitos
requisitos
96,560 corpus weight
- revisar
revisar
96,559 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “reloj” 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 | reloj |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈlox] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,440 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “reloj” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around reloj (IPA [reˈlox]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,440 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for reloj, with forms such as "erloj", "reljo", and "relloj". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "reo", "reto", "rezo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is reloj, spelled R-E-L-O-J.
Definition
- 1Máquina dotada de movimiento uniforme, que sirve para medir el tiempo o dividir el día en horas, minutos y segundos. Un peso o un muelle produce, por lo común, el movimiento, que se regula con un péndulo o un volante, y se transmite a las manecillas por medio de varias ruedas dentadas. Según sus dimensiones, colocación o uso, así el reloj se denomina de torre, de pared, de sobremesa, de bolsillo, de muñeca, etc.
- 2En un circuito digital, la señal que coordina y establece el ritmo al que los subcircuitos secuenciales realizarán sus operaciones o sus transiciones a nuevos estados.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reloj appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El reloj dio la diez del día cuando a don Sancho le metieron a la cama un papel de su tío en que refería el caso de la noche pasada […]».
«Pinciano: Comprá un reloj de estos de Alemania, que son excelentes, y detenernos hemos un rato en examinarle».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erloj
- reljo
- relloj
- relojj
- reolj
- rleoj
- rreloj
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reloj - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "reloj", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "reloj". Here's where to go from here.
- "reloj" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "reo". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,440 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.