edad

[eˈð̞að̞]

/[eˈð̞að̞]/ noun

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The verdict

“edad” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #521) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#521
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tiempo que tiene un ser vivo desde su nacimiento hasta el presente o un momento determinado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-edad · edad · Spanish

edad · rank #521 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #521
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH futuro

Nearest frequency peer: futuro (+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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “edad”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “edad” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

edad vs era
50% similar
edad vs esa
50% similar
edad vs Eva
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for edad
PropertyValue
Headwordedad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈð̞að̞]
Letters4
Frequency rank#521
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “edad”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).edadcae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “futuro” (#522), “justicia” (#523), “trabajar” (#518). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “edad” va en #521. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for edad is neighbouring look-alikes ("era", "esa", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [eˈð̞að̞]. Frequency #521 among 5,243 “E” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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

  1. 1
    Tiempo que tiene un ser vivo desde su nacimiento hasta el presente o un momento determinado.
  2. 2
    Tiempo de existencia de ciertas cosas.
  3. 3
    Una de las partes de la vida de una persona.
  4. 4
    Un período en la historia.
  5. 5
    Avance del tiempo o de la vida.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how edad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mi hija tiene quince años de edad.
  2. Un queso de poca edad.

This word in other languages

age(English)âge(Français)Alter(Deutsch)idade(Português)

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.

eadd2edadd1edda2eddad1
Edit distance from "edad"

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 "edad"?
"edad" is spelled E-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈð̞að̞].
What does "edad" mean?
As a noun, "edad" means: Tiempo que tiene un ser vivo desde su nacimiento hasta el presente o un momento determinado.
What words are commonly confused with "edad"?
"edad" is commonly confused with "era", "esa", "Eva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "edad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "edad" is [eˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "edad" come from?
"edad" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

peor#515mayo#503José#501deja#496

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list