edad
[eˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“edad” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #521 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #521
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tiempo que tiene un ser vivo desde su nacimiento hasta el presente o un momento determinado.
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 | edad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “edad” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for edad is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #521 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for edad, with forms such as "eadd", "edadd", and "edda". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "era", "esa", "Eva", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is edad, spelled E-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Tiempo que tiene un ser vivo desde su nacimiento hasta el presente o un momento determinado.
- 2Tiempo de existencia de ciertas cosas.
- 3Una de las partes de la vida de una persona.
- 4Un período en la historia.
- 5Avance del tiempo o de la vida.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eadd,edadd,edda,eddad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of edad - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “edad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-D-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eˈð̞að̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “era” - see the side-by-side comparison. edad vs era
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.