espace

[ɛs.pas]

/[ɛs.pas]/ noun

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The verdict

“espace” is uncommon German (frequency #70,225 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,225
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leerraum, Gelass, Raum

Corpus desk

Index DE-espace · espace · German

espace · rank #70,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,225
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erworbenes

Nearest frequency peer: erworbenes (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „espace“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „espace“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for espace
PropertyValue
Headwordespace
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɛs.pas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,225
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „espace“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.espacefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erworbenes“ (#70,224), „Espelkamp“ (#70,226), „ersuche“ (#70,222). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „espace“ bei #70,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

espace is uncommon German at frequency #70,225 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛs.pas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leerraum, Gelass, Raum".

No generated misspelling entries exist for espace in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is espace, spelled E-S-P-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Leerraum, Gelass, Raum

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espace"?
"espace" is spelled E-S-P-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛs.pas].
What does "espace" mean?
As a noun, "espace" means: Leerraum, Gelass, Raum
How do you pronounce "espace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espace" is [ɛs.pas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espace" come from?
"espace" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flippt#70,265Franka#70,274ducken#70,169doofes#70,162

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list