sacristán
[sakɾisˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“sacristán” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,277
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que asiste al sacerdote en labores de cuidado y limpieza de la iglesia, sacristía, así como de los objetos sagrados que contienen.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sacristan · sacristán · Spanish
sacristán · rank #36,277 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,277
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH rugido
Nearest frequency peer: rugido (-2 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 “sacristán”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- románico
románico
63,728 corpus weight
- rugido
rugido
63,726 corpus weight
- sacristán
sacristán
63,724 corpus weight
- saldrás
saldrás
63,722 corpus weight
- salma
salma
63,721 corpus weight
- saltamontes
saltamontes
63,720 corpus weight
What this shows “sacristán” 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 | sacristán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sakɾisˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sacristán”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around sacristán (IPA [sakɾisˈt̪ãn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,277 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacristán, with forms such as "ascristán", "saccristán", and "sacirstán". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sacristía", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sacristán, spelled S-A-C-R-I-S-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Persona que asiste al sacerdote en labores de cuidado y limpieza de la iglesia, sacristía, así como de los objetos sagrados que contienen.
- 2Persona pícara.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sacristán appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cómo lograste tanta precisión describiendo a mi pueblo blanco y polvoriento si el sacristán por ahí no te vio, ni el cura, ni el cabo, ni el polvo ni el viento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ascristán
- saccristán
- sacirstán
- sacrisstán
- sacristná
- sacristtán
- sacristánn
- sacrisátn
- sacritsán
- sacrristán
- sacrsitán
- sarcistán
- scaristán
- ssacristán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacristán - 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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).