wear
/wɛə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“wear” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,211
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vestir, llevar o portar en el cuerpo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-wear · wear · Spanish
wear · rank #42,211 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,211
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH Wales
Nearest frequency peer: Wales (-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 “wear”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- vástago
vástago
57,792 corpus weight
- Wales
Wales
57,791 corpus weight
- wear
wear
57,790 corpus weight
- wife
wife
57,788 corpus weight
- yakuza
yakuza
57,787 corpus weight
- yay
yay
57,786 corpus weight
What this shows “wear” 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 | wear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /wɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “wear”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around wear (IPA /wɛə(ɹ)/), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,211 among 230 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for wear, with forms such as "ewar", "waer", and "wearr". 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, "web", "wey", "wee", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is wear, spelled W-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Vestir, llevar o portar en el cuerpo.
- 2Desgastar.
- 3Fatigar.
- 4Conservar el color, forma, valor etc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewar
- waer
- wearr
- wera
- wwear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wear - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).