repulsa

[reˈpulsa]

/[reˈpulsa]/ noun

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The verdict

“repulsa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,977
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de repulsar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-repulsa · repulsa · Spanish

repulsa · rank #44,977 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,977
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH repudia

Nearest frequency peer: repudia (-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 “repulsa”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “repulsa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

repulsa vs resulta
71% similar
repulsa vs regula
71% similar
repulsa vs repasa
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for repulsa
PropertyValue
Headwordrepulsa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈpulsa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,977
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “repulsa”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).repulsacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “repudia” (#44,976), “rescatadas” (#44,978), “reprimen” (#44,975). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “repulsa” va en #44,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around repulsa (IPA [reˈpulsa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,977 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción y efecto de repulsar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for repulsa, with forms such as "erpulsa", "replusa", and "reppulsa". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "resulta", "regula", "repasa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is repulsa, spelled R-E-P-U-L-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de repulsar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erpulsa
  • replusa
  • reppulsa
  • repulas
  • repullsa
  • repulssa
  • repusla
  • reuplsa
  • rpeulsa
  • rrepulsa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repulsa - 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.

erpulsa2replusa2reppulsa1repulas2repullsa1repulssa1repusla2reuplsa2
Edit distance from "repulsa"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "repulsa"?
"repulsa" is spelled R-E-P-U-L-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈpulsa].
What does "repulsa" mean?
As a noun, "repulsa" means: Acción y efecto de repulsar.
What words are commonly confused with "repulsa"?
"repulsa" is commonly confused with "resulta", "regula", "repasa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "repulsa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repulsa" is [reˈpulsa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "repulsa" come from?
"repulsa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "repulsa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

repudia#44,976residió#44,980romperá#44,995rótulos#44,998

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

socorrer10 variantsSolange10 variantstallados10 variantspelando10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list