Satán
[saˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“Satán” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,615. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,615
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Término con que las religiones abrahámicas designan a una entidad suprasensible que representa la encarnación suprema del mal, personificada en el ángel caído que desobedeció y se rebeló contra los...
Corpus desk
Index ES-satan · Satán · Spanish
Satán · rank #26,615 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,615
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sapos
Nearest frequency peer: sapos (-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 “Satán”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sacudir
sacudir
73,390 corpus weight
- salvadoreña
salvadoreña
73,389 corpus weight
- sang
sang
73,388 corpus weight
- sapos
sapos
73,387 corpus weight
- Satán
Satán
73,386 corpus weight
- sentimental…
sentimentales
73,383 corpus weight
What this shows “Satán” 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 | Satán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Satán”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Satán (IPA [saˈt̪ãn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,615 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Término con que las religiones abrahámicas designan a una entidad suprasensible que representa la encarnación suprema del mal, personificada en el ángel caído que desobedeció y se rebeló contra los...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Satán, with forms such as "astán", "satná", and "sattán". 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, "sta", "sean", "star", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Satán, spelled S-A-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Término con que las religiones abrahámicas designan a una entidad suprasensible que representa la encarnación suprema del mal, personificada en el ángel caído que desobedeció y se rebeló contra los mandatos de Dios.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- astán
- satná
- sattán
- satánn
- saátn
- ssatán
- staán
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Satán - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).