single
[ˈsĩŋgle]
The verdict
“single” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,761
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga.
Corpus desk
Index ES-single · single · Spanish
single · rank #10,761 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,761
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH significativas
Nearest frequency peer: significativas (-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 “single”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- separada
separada
89,243 corpus weight
- sexualmente
sexualmente
89,242 corpus weight
- significati…
significativas
89,241 corpus weight
- single
single
89,240 corpus weight
- society
society
89,239 corpus weight
- Sosa
Sosa
89,237 corpus weight
What this shows “single” 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 | single |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsĩŋgle] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “single”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around single (IPA [ˈsĩŋgle]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,761 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for single, with forms such as "cingle", "isngle", and "signle". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "singles", "sing", "sine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is single, spelled S-I-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Dícese de cualquier cabo que laborea sencillo, como la braza, el amantillo, etc. cuando uno de sus chicotes está hecho firme en el peñol de la verga.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cingle
- isngle
- signle
- singel
- singgle
- singlle
- sinlge
- sinngle
- snigle
- ssingle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of single - 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.
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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 (10 here; floor ≥5).