# Esperanto

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌɛspəˈɹæntəʊ/ · frequency rank #45,912

## Definitions
1. An international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.
2. Anything that is used as a single international medium in place of plural distinct national media.

## Etymology
A learned borrowing from Esperanto Esperanto. Originally, this was the pseudonym assumed by the creator of the language, L. L. Zamenhof, and the language was called Lingvo Internacia (“international language”). The term first appears in the publication Science in 1892.

## Easily confused with
- **esperanza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/esperanto-vs-esperanza)

## Common misspellings (13)
`epseranto`, `esepranto`, `espearnto`, `esperannto`, `esperanot`, `esperantto`, `esperatno`, `espernato`, `esperranto`, `espperanto`, `espreanto`, `essperanto`, `seperanto`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/esperanto