sacrilegio
[sakɾiˈlexjo]
The verdict
“sacrilegio” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,139. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,139
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lesión o profanación de una cosa considerada sagrada.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacrilegio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sakɾiˈlexjo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacrilegio” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around sacrilegio (IPA [sakɾiˈlexjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,139 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lesión o profanación de una cosa considerada sagrada.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacrilegio, with forms such as "ascrilegio", "saccrilegio", and "sacirlegio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sacrilegio, spelled S-A-C-R-I-L-E-G-I-O.
Definition
- 1Lesión o profanación de una cosa considerada sagrada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ascrilegio
- saccrilegio
- sacirlegio
- sacrielgio
- sacrileggio
- sacrilegoi
- sacrileigo
- sacrilgeio
- sacrillegio
- sacrliegio
- sacrrilegio
- sarcilegio
- scarilegio
- ssacrilegio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacrilegio - 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 “sacrilegio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-C-R-I-L-E-G-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sakɾiˈlexjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.