vampiro

Name: vampiro, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[bãmˈpiɾo]

/[bãmˈpiɾo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vampiro” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,276
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,793
“V” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En la cultura popular de varios países, una criatura que se alimenta de sangre de seres vivos para mantenerse activo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-vampiro · vampiro · Spanish

vampiro · rank #12,276 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #12,276
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 1,793
PHOTO-FINISH valora

Nearest frequency peer: valora (-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.

URL

87,728
vagos

87,727
valora

87,726
vampiro

87,725
variado

87,724
vencedor

87,723

What this shows “vampiro” 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).

vampiro vs vampiros

88% similar

vampiro vs vampire

86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vampiro
Property	Value
Headword	vampiro
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[bãmˈpiɾo]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#12,276
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “vampiro”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).vampirocae aquí:

#12,276

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “valora” (#12,275), “variado” (#12,277), “vagos” (#12,274). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “vampiro” va en #12,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around vampiro (IPA [bãmˈpiɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,276 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vampiro, with forms such as "avmpiro", "bampiro", and "vamipro". 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, "vampiros", "vampire", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is vampiro, spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-O.

Definition

1
En la cultura popular de varios países, una criatura que se alimenta de sangre de seres vivos para mantenerse activo.
2
Nombre común de diversas especies de murciélagos que se alimentan de sangre (hematófago) de mamíferos.
3
Persona de escasa moral que vive a costa de los demás.

Synonyms

murciélago vampiro

This word in other languages

vampire(English)vampire(Français)Vampir(Deutsch)vampiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

avmpiro
bampiro
vamipro
vammpiro
vampior
vampirro
vamppiro
vamprio
vapmiro
vmapiro
vvampiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vampiro - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "vampiro"

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 "vampiro"?

"vampiro" is spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [bãmˈpiɾo].

What does "vampiro" mean?

As a noun, "vampiro" means: En la cultura popular de varios países, una criatura que se alimenta de sangre de seres vivos para mantenerse activo.

What words are commonly confused with "vampiro"?

"vampiro" is commonly confused with "vampiros", "vampire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vampiro"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vampiro" is [bãmˈpiɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vampiro" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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