small
/smɔːl/
The verdict
“small” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,165
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pequeño, chico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-small · small · Spanish
small · rank #21,165 · 6 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,165
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH situar
Nearest frequency peer: situar (-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 “small”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Seth
Seth
78,839 corpus weight
- situar
situar
78,837 corpus weight
- small
small
78,836 corpus weight
- sobrecarga
sobrecarga
78,835 corpus weight
- sobrepasa
sobrepasa
78,834 corpus weight
- socialdemóc…
socialdemócrata
78,833 corpus weight
What this shows “small” 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 | small |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /smɔːl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “small”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around small (IPA /smɔːl/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,165 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pequeño, chico.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for small, with forms such as "msall", "samll", and "smal". 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. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "smart", "still", "smash", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is small, spelled S-M-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Pequeño, chico.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how small appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My friend also has small feet.
Small children aren't allowed here.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- msall
- samll
- smal
- smlal
- smmall
- ssmall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of small - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).