vapor
[baˈpoɾ]
The verdict
“vapor” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,448 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,448
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sustancia en estado gaseoso a una temperatura tal que el aumento de la presión puede provocar que se condense en líquido o sólido sin variar su temperatura, a diferencia de los gases verdaderos que...
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 | vapor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈpoɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vapor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vapor is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈpoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,448 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vapor, with forms such as "avpor", "bapor", and "vaopr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VOR", "vaso", "vato", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is vapor, spelled V-A-P-O-R.
Definition
- 1Sustancia en estado gaseoso a una temperatura tal que el aumento de la presión puede provocar que se condense en líquido o sólido sin variar su temperatura, a diferencia de los gases verdaderos que son impasibles a tal condensación. La más frecuentemente encontrada es el vapor de agua, que forma la niebla y las nubes.
- 2Buque impulsado por calderas de combustión que generan vapor, cuya presión hace mover paletas o turbinas.
- 3Acceso de debilidad o mareo, que los antiguos atribuían al vapor de ciertos humores.
- 4Acceso de enfado o cólera súbita.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avpor,bapor,vaopr,vaporr,vappor,vapro,vpaor,vvapor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vapor - 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 “vapor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-A-P-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈpoɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “VOR” - see the side-by-side comparison. vapor vs VOR
- 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.