rule
[ˈrule]
The verdict
“rule” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de rular.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rule · rule · Spanish
rule · rank #32,390 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,390
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rufián
Nearest frequency peer: rufián (-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 “rule”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- rublos
rublos
67,613 corpus weight
- rufián
rufián
67,612 corpus weight
- rule
rule
67,611 corpus weight
- sacristía
sacristía
67,610 corpus weight
- sake
sake
67,609 corpus weight
- sangra
sangra
67,608 corpus weight
What this shows “rule” 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 | rule |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈrule] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “rule”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rule (IPA [ˈrule]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,390 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rule, with forms such as "rlue", "rrule", and "ruel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "run", "Rus", "Rut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 rule, spelled R-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de rular.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de rular.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo afirmativo de rular.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rlue
- rrule
- ruel
- rulle
- urle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rule - 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
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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).