Shakespeare
/ˈʃeɪkspɪə/
The verdict
“Shakespeare” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,313
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-shakespeare · Shakespeare · Spanish
Shakespeare · rank #11,313 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,313
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH senda
Nearest frequency peer: senda (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Shakespeare”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- santidad
santidad
88,692 corpus weight
- senda
senda
88,690 corpus weight
- Shakespeare
Shakespeare
88,688 corpus weight
- sirio
sirio
88,686 corpus weight
- solicitando
solicitando
88,685 corpus weight
- Sonia
Sonia
88,684 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shakespeare” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shakespeare |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #11,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shakespeare” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Shakespeare (IPA /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,313 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apellido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shakespeare, with forms such as "hsakespeare", "sahkespeare", and "shaekspeare". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Shakespeare, spelled S-H-A-K-E-S-P-E-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsakespeare
- sahkespeare
- shaekspeare
- shakepseare
- shakesepare
- shakespaere
- shakespeaer
- shakespearre
- shakesperae
- shakesppeare
- shakesspeare
- shakkespeare
- shaksepeare
- shhakespeare
- shkaespeare
- sshakespeare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shakespeare - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Shakespeare", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.