tribal
[t̪ɾiˈβ̞al]
The verdict
“tribal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,707
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a una tribu o a las tribus en general.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tribal · tribal · Spanish
tribal · rank #18,707 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,707
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tri
Nearest frequency peer: tri (-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 “tribal”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- tolerante
tolerante
81,298 corpus weight
- tomaste
tomaste
81,297 corpus weight
- trataría
trataría
81,296 corpus weight
- tri
tri
81,295 corpus weight
- tribal
tribal
81,294 corpus weight
- tutoriales
tutoriales
81,291 corpus weight
What this shows “tribal” 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 | tribal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪ɾiˈβ̞al] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tribal”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around tribal (IPA [t̪ɾiˈβ̞al]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,707 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Propio de o relativo a una tribu o a las tribus en general.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tribal, with forms such as "rtibal", "tirbal", and "trbial". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "tribu", "tripa", "tribus", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is tribal, spelled T-R-I-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1Propio de o relativo a una tribu o a las tribus en general.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtibal
- tirbal
- trbial
- triabl
- triball
- tribbal
- tribla
- trival
- trribal
- ttribal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tribal - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).