# space

> English word · Noun · IPA /speɪs/ · frequency rank #598

## Definitions
1. Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
2. Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
3. Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
4. Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
5. Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
6. Of time.
7. Of time.
8. Of time.
9. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
10. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
11. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
12. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
13. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
14. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
15. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
16. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
17. A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.

## Etymology
From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas, et al.; and spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to stretch, to pull”).

## Easily confused with
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-span)
- **spam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spam)
- **spec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spec)
- **spat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spat)
- **spar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spar)
- **spas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spas)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-state)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-stage)
- **spoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spoke)
- **Spain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spain)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spare)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-stake)
- **stack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-stack)
- **spite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spite)
- **spark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spark)
- **spike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spike)
- **spice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spice)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spine)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-stare)
- **spicy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spicy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`psace`, `sapce`, `spacce`, `spaec`, `spcae`, `sppace`, `sspace`

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