welcome

/ˈwɛl.kəm/

//ˈwɛl.kəm// adj

The verdict

“welcome” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,494
frequency rank, Spanish
230
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bienvenido.

Corpus desk

Index ES-welcome · welcome · Spanish

welcome · rank #25,494 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,494
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 230
  • PHOTO-FINISH voladores

Nearest frequency peer: voladores (-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 “welcome”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “welcome” 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
Key facts for welcome
PropertyValue
Headwordwelcome
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈwɛl.kəm/
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,494
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “welcome”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).welcomecae 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 “voladores” (#25,493), “Wesley” (#25,495), “visiten” (#25,492). Entre 230 lemas con “W”, “welcome” va en #25,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around welcome (IPA /ˈwɛl.kəm/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,494 among 230 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bienvenido.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for welcome, with forms such as "ewlcome", "weclome", and "welccome". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is welcome, spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bienvenido.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewlcome
  • weclome
  • welccome
  • welcmoe
  • welcoem
  • welcomme
  • wellcome
  • welocme
  • wlecome
  • wwelcome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ewlcome2weclome2welccome1welcmoe2welcoem2welcomme1wellcome1welocme2
Edit distance from "welcome"

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 "welcome"?
"welcome" is spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwɛl.kəm/.
What does "welcome" mean?
As an adjective, "welcome" means: Bienvenido.
What are common misspellings of "welcome"?
Common misspellings include "ewlcome", "weclome", "welccome", "welcmoe", "welcoem". The correct spelling is "welcome".
How do you pronounce "welcome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "welcome" is /ˈwɛl.kəm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "welcome" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list