ruleta
[ruˈlet̪a]
The verdict
“ruleta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,814
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rueda usada en juegos de azar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ruleta · ruleta · Spanish
ruleta · rank #20,814 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,814
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rr
Nearest frequency peer: rr (-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 “ruleta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- robadas
robadas
79,190 corpus weight
- rodeos
rodeos
79,189 corpus weight
- rr
rr
79,188 corpus weight
- ruleta
ruleta
79,187 corpus weight
- rush
rush
79,186 corpus weight
- sabrosa
sabrosa
79,185 corpus weight
What this shows “ruleta” 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 | ruleta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ruˈlet̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ruleta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ruleta (IPA [ruˈlet̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,814 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruleta, with forms such as "rlueta", "rruleta", and "ruelta". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ruta", "Reta", "rule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ruleta, spelled R-U-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Rueda usada en juegos de azar.
- 2Juego de azar típico de los casinos en el que se usa una bola que se mueve rápidamente en un círculo dividido en espacios numerados y pintados de negro y rojo y que permite una variedad de apuestas.
- 3Curva plana que describe la trayectoria de un punto, vinculado a una curva generatriz C₁, que rueda sobre otra curva directriz C₂, tangencialmente, sin deslizamiento. Tanto C₁ como C₂ son curvas planas.
- 4Amague que consiste en pisar la pelota con un pie, dar media vuelta en el lugar, y cambiar de pie para terminar la otra media vuelta acompañando la pelota con el pie al que se acaba de cambiar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rlueta
- rruleta
- ruelta
- ruleat
- ruletta
- rulleta
- rultea
- urleta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruleta - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ruleta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).