William
/ˈwɪl.jəm/
The verdict
“William” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,132
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,158
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | William |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪl.jəm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “William” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around William (IPA /ˈwɪl.jəm/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,132 among 1,158 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for William, with forms such as "iwlliam", "wiliam", and "wililam". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 William, spelled W-I-L-L-I-A-M.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlliam
- wiliam
- wililam
- willaim
- williamm
- willima
- wliliam
- wwilliam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of William - 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.
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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Using “William”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is W-I-L-L-I-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪl.jəm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.