sede
[ˈseð̞e]
The verdict
“sede” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,532
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asiento ceremonial del prelado de una diócesis.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sede · sede · Spanish
sede · rank #1,532 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,532
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH secretario
Nearest frequency peer: secretario (-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 “sede”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- reglas
reglas
98,472 corpus weight
- rica
rica
98,471 corpus weight
- secretario
secretario
98,470 corpus weight
- sede
sede
98,469 corpus weight
- soldados
soldados
98,468 corpus weight
- técnica
técnica
98,466 corpus weight
What this shows “sede” 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 | sede |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈseð̞e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sede”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sede (IPA [ˈseð̞e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,532 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sede, with forms such as "esde", "sdee", and "sedde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ser", "set", "sep", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sede, spelled S-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1Asiento ceremonial del prelado de una diócesis.
- 2Por extensión, cargo de un prelado diocesano.
- 3Por extensión, capital de una diócesis.
- 4Por extensión, territorio de una diócesis.
- 5Por antonomasia, sede_(1–3) del papa₂.
- 6Domicilio de una institución.
- 7Lugar o ámbito en el que se asienta algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De manera que se restauró en su primer lugar la sede catedral que fue muy nombrada en la primitiva iglesia y a donde presidieron muy gloriosos santos.
Si el clérigo, sin ser elegido devidamente, quisiere occupar la sede apostólica, o si fuere herético, o él quisiesse impunar a nuestra Sancta Fe haziendo divisiones ente las gentes sobre la dicha razón, e si él menospreciare la sentencia de descomunión perseverando en ella más de un año, el juez lego le puede apremiar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esde
- sdee
- sedde
- seed
- ssede
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sede - 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).