sutil
[suˈt̪il]
The verdict
“sutil” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,549
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muy fino o delgado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sutil · sutil · Spanish
sutil · rank #9,549 · 7 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,549
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH susto
Nearest frequency peer: susto (-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 “sutil”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- suceden
suceden
90,455 corpus weight
- sudor
sudor
90,454 corpus weight
- susto
susto
90,453 corpus weight
- sutil
sutil
90,452 corpus weight
- tos
tos
90,451 corpus weight
- totales
totales
90,450 corpus weight
What this shows “sutil” 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 | sutil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [suˈt̪il] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sutil”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sutil (IPA [suˈt̪il]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,549 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sutil, with forms such as "ssutil", "stuil", and "suitl". 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, "sutiles", "sul", "Subi", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sutil, spelled S-U-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Muy fino o delgado.
- 2Poco perceptible.
- 3Ocurrente e ingenioso: humor sutil.
- 4Ligero.
- 5Se aplica a las fuerzas navales que constan de buques pequeños.
- 6Gentil
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sutil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La seda es un tejido sutil.
Tiene un olfato tan fino que percibe hasta el aroma más sutil.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ssutil
- stuil
- suitl
- sutill
- sutli
- suttil
- ustil
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sutil - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sutil", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).