sting
/ˈstɪŋ/
The verdict
“sting” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,229
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Picadura, picotazo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sting · sting · Spanish
sting · rank #46,229 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,229
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH subestimado
Nearest frequency peer: subestimado (+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 “sting”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- soleada
soleada
53,776 corpus weight
- sponsor
sponsor
53,774 corpus weight
- sting
sting
53,772 corpus weight
- subestimado
subestimado
53,771 corpus weight
- subvenciona…
subvencionados
53,770 corpus weight
- suicidan
suicidan
53,769 corpus weight
What this shows “sting” 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 | sting |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #46,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around sting (IPA /ˈstɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,229 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sting, with forms such as "sitng", "ssting", and "stign". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stone", "swing", "strong", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sting, spelled S-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Picadura, picotazo.
- 2Pinchazao.
- 3Punzada.
- 4Escozor.
- 5Timo, estafa.
- 6Aguijón.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sitng
- ssting
- stign
- stingg
- stinng
- stnig
- stting
- tsing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sting - 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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (8 here; floor ≥5).