defence
/dɪˈfɛns/
The verdict
“defence” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,409 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,409
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de defense
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defence |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈfɛns/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “defence” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
defence is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,409 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪˈfɛns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grafía alternativa de defense".
No misspelling variants are generated for defence in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is defence, spelled D-E-F-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de defense
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.
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Using “defence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-F-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪˈfɛns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.