ventilador

[bẽn̪t̪ilaˈð̞oɾ]

/[bẽn̪t̪ilaˈð̞oɾ]/ noun

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The verdict

“ventilador” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,950
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Máquina de fluido concebida para producir una corriente de aire mediante un rodete con aspas que giran produciendo una diferencia de presiones. Entre sus aplicaciones, destacan las de hacer circula...

Corpus desk

Index ES-ventilador · ventilador · Spanish

ventilador · rank #12,950 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,950
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH utilizarse

Nearest frequency peer: utilizarse (-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 “ventilador”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ventilador” 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).

ventilador vs ventilar
80% similar
ventilador vs ventiladores
83% similar

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

Key facts for ventilador
PropertyValue
Headwordventilador
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bẽn̪t̪ilaˈð̞oɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,950
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ventilador”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).ventiladorcae 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 “utilizarse” (#12,949), “veredicto” (#12,951), “warren” (#12,952). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “ventilador” va en #12,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around ventilador (IPA [bẽn̪t̪ilaˈð̞oɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,950 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Máquina de fluido concebida para producir una corriente de aire mediante un rodete con aspas que giran produciendo una diferencia de presiones. Entre sus aplicaciones, destacan las de hacer circula...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for ventilador, with forms such as "bentilador", "evntilador", and "venitlador". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ventilar", "ventiladores", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ventilador, spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Máquina de fluido concebida para producir una corriente de aire mediante un rodete con aspas que giran produciendo una diferencia de presiones. Entre sus aplicaciones, destacan las de hacer circular y renovar el aire en un lugar cerrado para proporcionar oxígeno suficiente a los ocupantes y eliminar olores, principalmente en lugares cerrados; así como la de disminuir la resistencia de transmisión de calor por convección.

Synonyms

abano

This word in other languages

fan(English)ventilateur(Français)ventilador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bentilador
  • evntilador
  • venitlador
  • venntilador
  • ventialdor
  • ventiladdor
  • ventiladorr
  • ventiladro
  • ventilaodr
  • ventildaor
  • ventillador
  • ventliador
  • venttilador
  • vetnilador
  • vnetilador
  • vventilador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bentilador1evntilador2venitlador2venntilador1ventialdor2ventiladdor1ventiladorr1ventiladro2
Edit distance from "ventilador"

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 "ventilador"?
"ventilador" is spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bẽn̪t̪ilaˈð̞oɾ].
What does "ventilador" mean?
As a noun, "ventilador" means: Máquina de fluido concebida para producir una corriente de aire mediante un rodete con aspas que giran produciendo una diferencia de presiones. Entre sus aplicaciones, destacan las de hacer circula...
What words are commonly confused with "ventilador"?
"ventilador" is commonly confused with "ventilar", "ventiladores". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ventilador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ventilador" is [bẽn̪t̪ilaˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ventilador" come from?
"ventilador" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

utilizarse#12,949aclaración#12,957afiliación#12,964afortunado#12,965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

recomiendan16 variantscontención16 variantsdiscreción16 variantslógicamente16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list