vector

[bekˈt̪oɾ]

/[bekˈt̪oɾ]/ noun

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The verdict

“vector” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,713
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organismo o dispositivo que transporta materia de energia positiva o negativa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-vector · vector · Spanish

vector · rank #18,713 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,713
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH usará

Nearest frequency peer: usará (-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 “vector”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “vector” 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).

vector vs veto
67% similar
vector vs vetar
67% similar
vector vs vento
67% similar

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

Key facts for vector
PropertyValue
Headwordvector
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bekˈt̪oɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,713
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “vector”

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “usará” (#18,712), “venís” (#18,714), “vibraciones” (#18,715). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “vector” va en #18,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vector (IPA [bekˈt̪oɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,713 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vector, with forms such as "bector", "evctor", and "vcetor". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "veto", "vetar", "vento", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is vector, spelled V-E-C-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organismo o dispositivo que transporta materia de energia positiva o negativa.
  2. 2
    El Vector, es un elemento de un espacio vectorial, pertenece a un conjunto no vacío con 2 operaciones (la suma y el producto).
  3. 3
    Magnitud física definida por dos características: una magnitud (también denominada módulo o intensidad) y una dirección.
  4. 4
    Una colección de datos del mismo tipo al que se tiene acceso con un índice, es decir que cada uno de estos elementos esta asociado a un valor entero único y consecutivo llamado índice y cuyo valor se puede leer o modificar empleando este índice.
  5. 5
    Un organismo capaz de portar y transmitir un agente infeccioso.
  6. 6
    Un agente que porta un gen extraño o modificado.
  7. 7
    Fuerza que motiva un comportamiento.
  8. 8
    Elemento teórico que proyecta una acción.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. El tiempo ya no será como dijo Bergson: " un truco para evitar que todo ocurra en el mismo momento", sino que será un vector, es decir, un elemento teórico no reversible que conminará a aceptar el desconocimiento del futuro como así también la imposibilidad de modificar el pasado.

Synonyms

patóforoportador

This word in other languages

vector(English)vecteur(Français)Vektor(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bector
  • evctor
  • vcetor
  • vecctor
  • vecotr
  • vectorr
  • vectro
  • vecttor
  • vetcor
  • vvector

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bector1evctor2vcetor2vecctor1vecotr2vectorr1vectro2vecttor1
Edit distance from "vector"

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 "vector"?
"vector" is spelled V-E-C-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bekˈt̪oɾ].
What does "vector" mean?
As a noun, "vector" means: Organismo o dispositivo que transporta materia de energia positiva o negativa.
What words are commonly confused with "vector"?
"vector" is commonly confused with "veto", "vetar", "vento". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vector"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vector" is [bekˈt̪oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vector" come from?
"vector" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tribal#18,707Ártico#18,721tocará#18,702tardío#18,700

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

afecten10 variantssilueta10 variantsbridge10 variantsrecorren10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list