restrictiva
[rest̪ɾikˈt̪iβ̞a]
The verdict
“restrictiva” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,098
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de restrictivo.
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 | restrictiva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [rest̪ɾikˈt̪iβ̞a] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #31,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “restrictiva” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around restrictiva (IPA [rest̪ɾikˈt̪iβ̞a]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,098 among 48,955 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino de restrictivo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for restrictiva, with forms such as "erstrictiva", "resrtictiva", and "resstrictiva". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "restrictivas", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 restrictiva, spelled R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-V-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de restrictivo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erstrictiva
- resrtictiva
- resstrictiva
- restirctiva
- restrcitiva
- restricctiva
- restricitva
- restrictiav
- restrictiba
- restrictivva
- restricttiva
- restrictvia
- restritciva
- restrrictiva
- resttrictiva
- retsrictiva
- rrestrictiva
- rsetrictiva
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of restrictiva - 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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Using “restrictiva”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T-I-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [rest̪ɾikˈt̪iβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “restrictivas” - see the side-by-side comparison. restrictiva vs restrictivas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.