Sinclair
/sɪŋˈklɛə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“Sinclair” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,779
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sinclair · Sinclair · Spanish
Sinclair · rank #27,779 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,779
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH seáis
Nearest frequency peer: seáis (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sinclair”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- semejanzas
semejanzas
72,226 corpus weight
- sense
sense
72,225 corpus weight
- seáis
seáis
72,223 corpus weight
- Sinclair
Sinclair
72,222 corpus weight
- sobrado
sobrado
72,220 corpus weight
- sofocar
sofocar
72,218 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sinclair” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sinclair |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sɪŋˈklɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sinclair” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sinclair (IPA /sɪŋˈklɛə(ɹ)/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,779 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apellido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sinclair, with forms such as "cinclair", "isnclair", and "sicnlair". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Sinclair, spelled S-I-N-C-L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cinclair
- isnclair
- sicnlair
- sincalir
- sincclair
- sinclairr
- sinclari
- sincliar
- sincllair
- sinlcair
- sinnclair
- sniclair
- ssinclair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sinclair - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 September 3, 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 "Sinclair", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #27,779 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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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.