vapor

[baˈpoɾ]

/[baˈpoɾ]/ noun

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The verdict

“vapor” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,448. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,448
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

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Index ES-vapor · vapor · Spanish

vapor · rank #5,448 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,448
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaca

Nearest frequency peer: vaca (-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 “vapor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “vapor” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vapor vs VOR
0% similar
vapor vs vaso
60% similar
vapor vs vato
60% similar

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

Key facts for vapor
PropertyValue
Headwordvapor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈpoɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,448
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “vapor”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).vaporcae 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 “vaca” (#5,447), “vine” (#5,449), “tubo” (#5,446). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “vapor” va en #5,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vapor (IPA [baˈpoɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,448 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    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 son impasibles a tal condensación. La más frecuentemente encontrada es el vapor de agua, que forma la niebla y las nubes.
  2. 2
    Buque impulsado por calderas de combustión que generan vapor, cuya presión hace mover paletas o turbinas.
  3. 3
    Acceso de debilidad o mareo, que los antiguos atribuían al vapor de ciertos humores.
  4. 4
    Acceso de enfado o cólera súbita.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. … muchos preferían atenderse con curanderos ambulantes, o bien esperar en el muelle el arribo de algún vapor con enfermería.
  2. … pero sobre todo asuntos ligados al derecho marítimo, especialmente los referidos a empresas de vapores.

Synonyms

barco de vapor

This word in other languages

vapor(English)vapeur(Français)Dampf(Deutsch)vapor(Português)

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.

avpor2bapor1vaopr2vaporr1vappor1vapro2vpaor2vvapor1
Edit distance from "vapor"

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 "vapor"?
"vapor" is spelled V-A-P-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈpoɾ].
What does "vapor" mean?
As a noun, "vapor" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "vapor"?
"vapor" is commonly confused with "VOR", "vaso", "vato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vapor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vapor" is [baˈpoɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vapor" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

truco#5,445suyos#5,442sexto#5,437andan#5,460

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

épocas8 variantsbarba8 variantsnacer8 variantseterno8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list