viejo
[ˈbjexo]
The verdict
“viejo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #837
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene mucha edad, en especial si ha pasado ya su madurez o sazón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-viejo · viejo · Spanish
viejo · rank #837 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #837
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH v
Nearest frequency peer: v (-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 “viejo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sale
sale
99,167 corpus weight
- trabajadores
trabajadores
99,166 corpus weight
- v
v
99,165 corpus weight
- viejo
viejo
99,164 corpus weight
- administrac…
administración
99,163 corpus weight
- comisión
comisión
99,162 corpus weight
What this shows “viejo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | viejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbjexo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “viejo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around viejo (IPA [ˈbjexo]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #837 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for viejo, with forms such as "biejo", "ivejo", and "veijo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vio", "vivo", "vino", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is viejo, spelled V-I-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene mucha edad, en especial si ha pasado ya su madurez o sazón.
- 2Propio de o relativo a una época pasada.
- 3Que lleva mucho tiempo en su actual estado o condición.
- 4Gastado o estropeado por el uso o la enfermedad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viejo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es previlegio de viejos ser naturalmente rencillosos, coléricos, tristes, desabridos, sospechosos y mal contentadiços, y la raçón que para ello hay es que como con los largos años tienen ya la sangre resfriada y tienen la cólera requemada, y aun tienen la condición de cuando eran moços mudada, mucho más descansan con el reñir que no con el reír.
Y llamavan a aquellas ymágines y vultos, ymágines de sus gentiles o de su gentilidad, que es nuestro propósito; y los que más ymágines y estatuas déstos tenían, eran tenidos por más antiguos y nobles, y también los que más viejas y gastadas del tiempo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- biejo
- ivejo
- veijo
- viejjo
- vieoj
- vijeo
- vviejo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of viejo - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).