tímido
[ˈt̪imið̞o]
The verdict
“tímido” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,749
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que reacciona de forma insegura y con vergüenza ante el contacto o la presencia de otros, que siente timidez.
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 | tímido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪imið̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tímido” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tímido (IPA [ˈt̪imið̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,749 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tímido, with forms such as "tmíido", "ttímido", and "tíimdo". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "timo", "tomado", "típico", 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 tímido, spelled T-Í-M-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que reacciona de forma insegura y con vergüenza ante el contacto o la presencia de otros, que siente timidez.
- 2Relativo a la timidez o propio de ella.
- 3Se dice del fenómeno que se manifiesta débilmente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tmíido,ttímido,tíimdo,tímdio,tímiddo,tímiod,tímmido,ítmido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tímido - 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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Using “tímido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-Í-M-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪imið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “timo” - see the side-by-side comparison. tímido vs timo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.