terrible
[t̪eˈriβ̞le]
The verdict
“terrible” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,999. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,999
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Severo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-terrible · terrible · Spanish
terrible · rank #1,999 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,999
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH similares
Nearest frequency peer: similares (-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 “terrible”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sensación
sensación
98,005 corpus weight
- show
show
98,004 corpus weight
- similares
similares
98,003 corpus weight
- terrible
terrible
98,002 corpus weight
- Vea
Vea
98,001 corpus weight
- vergüenza
vergüenza
98,000 corpus weight
What this shows “terrible” 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 | terrible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪eˈriβ̞le] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “terrible”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around terrible (IPA [t̪eˈriβ̞le]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,999 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrible, with forms such as "etrrible", "terible", and "terirble". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "terribles", "temible", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 terrible, spelled T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Severo.
- 2Extremadamente malo.
- 3Que produce terror.
- 4Enorme, muy grande.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrrible
- terible
- terirble
- terrbile
- terribble
- terribel
- terriblle
- terrilbe
- terrivle
- trerible
- tterrible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terrible - 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 "terrible", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).