señalar
[seɲaˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“señalar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,552. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,552
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner alguna señal o marca en alguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-senalar · señalar · Spanish
señalar · rank #4,552 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,552
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH semejante
Nearest frequency peer: semejante (-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 “señalar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Rival
Rival
95,452 corpus weight
- sello
sello
95,451 corpus weight
- semejante
semejante
95,450 corpus weight
- señalar
señalar
95,449 corpus weight
- signos
signos
95,448 corpus weight
- solicitar
solicitar
95,447 corpus weight
What this shows “señalar” 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 | señalar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [seɲaˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “señalar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around señalar (IPA [seɲaˈlaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,552 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for señalar, with forms such as "ceñalar", "esñalar", and "seañlar". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "sentar", "señalo", "señalé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is señalar, spelled S-E-Ñ-A-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner alguna señal o marca en alguna cosa.
- 2Mostrar a alguien o algo, indicando con la mano o un objeto.
- 3Hacer una herida que deje cicatriz.
- 4Estampar una firma.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ceñalar
- esñalar
- seañlar
- señaalr
- señalarr
- señallar
- señalra
- señlaar
- sseñalar
- sñealar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of señalar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "señalar"?
What does "señalar" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "señalar"?
How do you pronounce "señalar"?
What language does "señalar" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "señalar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).