viejos
[ˈbjexos]
The verdict
“viejos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,142
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de viejo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-viejos · viejos · Spanish
viejos · rank #2,142 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,142
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,062
- PHOTO-FINISH usado
Nearest frequency peer: usado (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “viejos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tranquilo
tranquilo
97,862 corpus weight
- universal
universal
97,861 corpus weight
- usado
usado
97,860 corpus weight
- viejos
viejos
97,859 corpus weight
- vivienda
vivienda
97,858 corpus weight
- viviendo
viviendo
97,857 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “viejos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | viejos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbjexos] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “viejos” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around viejos (IPA [ˈbjexos]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,142 among 12,062 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de viejo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for viejos, with forms such as "biejos", "ivejos", and "veijos". 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, "vivos", "vimos", "vinos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is viejos, spelled V-I-E-J-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de viejo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- biejos
- ivejos
- veijos
- viejjos
- viejoss
- viejso
- vieojs
- vijeos
- vviejos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of viejos - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "viejos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.