responsable
[respõnˈsaβ̞le]
The verdict
“responsable” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,394
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona capaz y comprometida a responder por los actos propios o ajenos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-responsable · responsable · Spanish
responsable · rank #1,394 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #1,394
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH raro
Nearest frequency peer: raro (-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 “responsable”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- pocas
pocas
98,610 corpus weight
- principalme…
principalmente
98,609 corpus weight
- raro
raro
98,608 corpus weight
- responsable
responsable
98,607 corpus weight
- Rusia
Rusia
98,606 corpus weight
- tamaño
tamaño
98,605 corpus weight
What this shows “responsable” 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 | responsable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [respõnˈsaβ̞le] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #1,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “responsable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around responsable (IPA [respõnˈsaβ̞le]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,394 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for responsable, with forms such as "ersponsable", "repsonsable", and "resopnsable". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "responsables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is responsable, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Persona capaz y comprometida a responder por los actos propios o ajenos.
- 2Persona cabalmente cumplidora de sus deberes y obligaciones.
- 3Agente causante de alguna circunstancia generalmente desfavorable.
- 4Persona sensata, capaz de sopesar las consecuencias antes de tomar una decisión, de un modo especial en asuntos delicados.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how responsable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
es un trabajador muy responsable
Los rayos ultravioleta son los responsables de las quemaduras en la piel al tomar sol
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersponsable
- repsonsable
- resopnsable
- respnosable
- responasble
- responnsable
- responsabble
- responsabel
- responsablle
- responsalbe
- responsavle
- responsbale
- responssable
- resposnable
- respponsable
- ressponsable
- rresponsable
- rseponsable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of responsable - 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 "responsable", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).