venerable
[beneˈɾaβ̞le]
The verdict
“venerable” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,663 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #26,663
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona o cosa digna de veneración, de respeto.
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 | venerable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [beneˈɾaβ̞le] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “venerable” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for venerable is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beneˈɾaβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,663 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for venerable, with forms such as "benerable", "evnerable", and "veenrable". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vulnerable", 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 venerable, spelled V-E-N-E-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Persona o cosa digna de veneración, de respeto.
- 2Aplícase como epíteto o renombre a las personas de conocida virtud.
- 3Aplícase como título a las personas eclesiásticas constituidas en prelacía y dignidad.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: benerable,evnerable,veenrable,venearble,venerabble,venerabel,venerablle,veneralbe,veneravle,venerbale,venerrable,vennerable,venreable,vneerable,vvenerable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of venerable - 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.
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 “venerable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-N-E-R-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beneˈɾaβ̞le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vulnerable” - see the side-by-side comparison. venerable vs vulnerable
- 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.