umbilical

[ũmbiliˈkal]

/[ũmbiliˈkal]/ adj

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The verdict

“umbilical” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,582
frequency rank, Spanish
448
“U” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relativo al ombligo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-umbilical · umbilical · Spanish

umbilical · rank #31,582 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,582
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 448
  • PHOTO-FINISH tutoría

Nearest frequency peer: tutoría (-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 “umbilical”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “umbilical” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umbilical
PropertyValue
Headwordumbilical
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ũmbiliˈkal]
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,582
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “umbilical”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).umbilicalcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “tutoría” (#31,581), “transmitidas” (#31,580), “valida” (#31,584). Entre 448 lemas con “U”, “umbilical” va en #31,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around umbilical (IPA [ũmbiliˈkal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,582 among 448 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relativo al ombligo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for umbilical, with forms such as "mubilical", "ubmilical", and "umbbilical". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 umbilical, spelled U-M-B-I-L-I-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relativo al ombligo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how umbilical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Y así vemos cómo se repiten una y otra vez palabras que de tanto repetirse se han vaciado de sentido, argumentos sin fuerza, en un estéril ejercicio de autocontemplación umbilical.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mubilical
  • ubmilical
  • umbbilical
  • umbiilcal
  • umbilcial
  • umbiliacl
  • umbilicall
  • umbiliccal
  • umbilicla
  • umbillical
  • umbliical
  • umiblical
  • ummbilical
  • umvilical

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of umbilical - 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.

mubilical2ubmilical2umbbilical1umbiilcal2umbilcial2umbiliacl2umbilicall1umbiliccal1
Edit distance from "umbilical"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umbilical"?
"umbilical" is spelled U-M-B-I-L-I-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ũmbiliˈkal].
What does "umbilical" mean?
As an adjective, "umbilical" means: Relativo al ombligo.
What are common misspellings of "umbilical"?
Common misspellings include "mubilical", "ubmilical", "umbbilical", "umbiilcal", "umbilcial". The correct spelling is "umbilical".
How do you pronounce "umbilical"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umbilical" is [ũmbiliˈkal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umbilical" come from?
"umbilical" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "umbilical", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suscritos#31,565abandones#31,607sinnúmero#31,552acudiendo#31,618

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

acomodados14 variantsagridulce14 variantsretrocede14 variantsrepitieron14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list