# Spain

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /speɪn/ · frequency rank #2,560

## Definitions
1. A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
2. An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Spanish ancestry.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin Hispānia
Old French Espaignebor.
Middle English Spayne
English Spain
From Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia. Displaced Old English Ispania, which was borrowed directly from Latin. Doublet of Hispania.

## Easily confused with
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spin)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-span)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-stan)
- **spam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spam)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spit)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-swan)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spun)
- **spat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spat)
- **spar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spar)
- **spas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spas)
- **split** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-split)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spare)
- **spark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spark)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spine)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spoon)
- **spoil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spoil)
- **stain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-stain)
- **stein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-stein)
- **spins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spins)
- **spawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spain-vs-spawn)

## Common misspellings (7)
`psain`, `sapin`, `spainn`, `spani`, `spian`, `sppain`, `sspain`

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