Zanzíbar
[sãnˈsiβ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“Zanzíbar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,768
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad de Tanzania.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zanzibar · Zanzíbar · Spanish
Zanzíbar · rank #42,768 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,768
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH Zaldívar
Nearest frequency peer: Zaldívar (-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 “Zanzíbar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- within
within
57,237 corpus weight
- yaya
yaya
57,236 corpus weight
- yoda
yoda
57,235 corpus weight
- Zaldívar
Zaldívar
57,234 corpus weight
- Zanzíbar
Zanzíbar
57,233 corpus weight
- áridas
áridas
57,232 corpus weight
What this shows “Zanzíbar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zanzíbar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [sãnˈsiβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Zanzíbar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Zanzíbar (IPA [sãnˈsiβ̞aɾ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,768 among 220 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ciudad de Tanzania.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zanzíbar, with forms such as "aznzíbar", "zannzíbar", and "zanzbíar". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Zanzíbar, spelled Z-A-N-Z-Í-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Tanzania.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aznzíbar
- zannzíbar
- zanzbíar
- zanzzíbar
- zanzíabr
- zanzíbarr
- zanzíbbar
- zanzíbra
- zanzívar
- zanízbar
- zazníbar
- znazíbar
- zzanzíbar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zanzíbar - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zanzíbar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).