sierra
[ˈsjera]
The verdict
“sierra” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,806
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la letra S.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sierra · sierra · Spanish
sierra · rank #2,806 · 6 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,806
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH saludo
Nearest frequency peer: saludo (-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 “sierra”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- riqueza
riqueza
97,198 corpus weight
- salario
salario
97,197 corpus weight
- saludo
saludo
97,196 corpus weight
- sierra
sierra
97,195 corpus weight
- sucedió
sucedió
97,194 corpus weight
- tabla
tabla
97,193 corpus weight
What this shows “sierra” 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 | sierra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsjera] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sierra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sierra (IPA [ˈsjera]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,806 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sierra, with forms such as "iserra", "seirra", and "siera". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Siria", "sirva", "siesta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sierra, spelled S-I-E-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la letra S.
- 2Bandera que representa la letra S.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iserra
- seirra
- siera
- sierar
- sirera
- ssierra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sierra - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sierra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).