riel
[ˈrjel]
The verdict
“riel” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,840
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Barra de metal incrustada en el suelo o depositada sobre durmientes sobre la que se desplazan los trenes, dotada de surcos que se ajustan a las ruedas de éstos. También puede encontrarse colgado co...
Corpus desk
Index ES-riel · riel · Spanish
riel · rank #37,840 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,840
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rodillo
Nearest frequency peer: rodillo (+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 “riel”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- retiramos
retiramos
62,165 corpus weight
- retrógrado
retrógrado
62,164 corpus weight
- RFC
RFC
62,163 corpus weight
- riel
riel
62,161 corpus weight
- rodillo
rodillo
62,160 corpus weight
- Sabbath
Sabbath
62,158 corpus weight
What this shows “riel” 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 | riel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrjel] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #37,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “riel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around riel (IPA [ˈrjel]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,840 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Barra de metal incrustada en el suelo o depositada sobre durmientes sobre la que se desplazan los trenes, dotada de surcos que se ajustan a las ruedas de éstos. También puede encontrarse colgado co...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for riel, with forms such as "irel", "reil", and "riell". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "río", "rol", "RIP", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is riel, spelled R-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Barra de metal incrustada en el suelo o depositada sobre durmientes sobre la que se desplazan los trenes, dotada de surcos que se ajustan a las ruedas de éstos. También puede encontrarse colgado con soportes en altura para los transportadores aéreos donde se desplazan las roldanas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irel
- reil
- riell
- rile
- rriel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riel - 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 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).