transbordador
[t̪ɾãnsβ̞oɾð̞aˈð̞oɾ]
The verdict
“transbordador” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,261 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 13
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nave que une periódicamente dos puntos fijos en tierra firme a través del mar.
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 | transbordador |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾãnsβ̞oɾð̞aˈð̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #26,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transbordador” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for transbordador is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾãnsβ̞oɾð̞aˈð̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nave que une periódicamente dos puntos fijos en tierra firme a través del mar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for transbordador, with forms such as "rtansbordador", "tarnsbordador", and "tranbsordador". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "transformador", "transportador", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is transbordador, spelled T-R-A-N-S-B-O-R-D-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Nave que une periódicamente dos puntos fijos en tierra firme a través del mar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtansbordador,tarnsbordador,tranbsordador,trannsbordador,transbbordador,transbodrador,transboraddor,transbordaddor,transbordadorr,transbordadro,transbordaodr,transborddador,transborddaor,transborrdador,transbrodador,transobrdador,transsbordador,transvordador,trasnbordador,trnasbordador,trransbordador,ttransbordador
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transbordador - 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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Using “transbordador”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-A-N-S-B-O-R-D-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾãnsβ̞oɾð̞aˈð̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “transformador” - see the side-by-side comparison. transbordador vs transformador
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.