sílaba
[ˈsilaβ̞a]
The verdict
“sílaba” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,792. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,792
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unidad fonológica que consta de uno o más sonidos pronunciados con un solo golpe de voz (o espiración) y agrupados alrededor del más sonoro, que comúnmente es una vocal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-silaba · sílaba · Spanish
sílaba · rank #27,792 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,792
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sífilis
Nearest frequency peer: sífilis (-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 “sílaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sum
sum
72,212 corpus weight
- surcoreano
surcoreano
72,211 corpus weight
- sífilis
sífilis
72,210 corpus weight
- sílaba
sílaba
72,209 corpus weight
- talentosos
talentosos
72,208 corpus weight
- tallado
tallado
72,207 corpus weight
What this shows “sílaba” 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 | sílaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsilaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sílaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sílaba (IPA [ˈsilaβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,792 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unidad fonológica que consta de uno o más sonidos pronunciados con un solo golpe de voz (o espiración) y agrupados alrededor del más sonoro, que comúnmente es una vocal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sílaba, with forms such as "slíaba", "ssílaba", and "síalba". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "silla", "Silva", "Silas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sílaba, spelled S-Í-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Unidad fonológica que consta de uno o más sonidos pronunciados con un solo golpe de voz (o espiración) y agrupados alrededor del más sonoro, que comúnmente es una vocal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sílaba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La palabra "abecedario" tiene cinco sílabas: a-be-ce-da-rio.
Muchas palabras tienen solo una sílaba, como "mar", "doy", "tres" y "buey".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- slíaba
- ssílaba
- síalba
- sílaab
- sílabba
- sílava
- sílbaa
- síllaba
- íslaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sílaba - 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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).