ea
[ˈea]
The verdict
“ea” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,324) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #10,324
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresa sorpresa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ea · ea · Spanish
ea · rank #10,324 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,324
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH domésticos
Nearest frequency peer: domésticos (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ea”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- disfrutan
disfrutan
89,681 corpus weight
- diócesis
diócesis
89,680 corpus weight
- domésticos
domésticos
89,679 corpus weight
- ea
ea
89,677 corpus weight
- eligen
eligen
89,674 corpus weight
- empezaba
empezaba
89,673 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ea” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈea] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #10,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ea” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ea is neighbouring look-alikes ("en", "él", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced [ˈea]. Frequency #10,324 among 5,243 “E” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No misspelling variants are generated for ea in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "en", "él", "ex", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ea, spelled E-A.
Definition
- 1Expresa sorpresa.
- 2Usada para apaciguar o hacer dormir a los bebés.
- 3Usada para estimular o animar a alguien o a uno mismo.
- 4Usada para expresar concordancia o condescendencia respecto a una opinión dada.
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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- "ea" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "en". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #10,324 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
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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.