ansía

[ãnˈsia]

/[ãnˈsia]/ verb

The verdict

“ansía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,800 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,800
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ansiar o de ansiarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ansia · ansía · Spanish

ansía · rank #56,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,800
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH analizarán

Nearest frequency peer: analizarán (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ansía”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ansía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ansía
PropertyValue
Headwordansía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ãnˈsia]
Letters5
Frequency rank#56,800
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “ansía” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ansíacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “analizarán” (#56,799), “anularon” (#56,801), “Amparan” (#56,798). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “ansía” va en #56,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ansía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,800 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ãnˈsia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ansía in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ansía, spelled A-N-S-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ansiar o de ansiarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de ansiar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ansía"?
"ansía" is spelled A-N-S-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ãnˈsia].
What does "ansía" mean?
As a verb, "ansía" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ansiar o de ansiarse.
How do you pronounce "ansía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ansía" is [ãnˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ansía" come from?
"ansía" is a Spanish 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 Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list