eficiencia
[efiˈsjẽnsja]
The verdict
“eficiencia” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,392 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,392
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El estado o cualidad de ser eficiente, de tener la capacidad de producir cierto resultado o efecto.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eficiencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [efiˈsjẽnsja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eficiencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for eficiencia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [efiˈsjẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,392 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for eficiencia, with forms such as "efciiencia", "efficiencia", and "eficciencia". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is eficiencia, spelled E-F-I-C-I-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1El estado o cualidad de ser eficiente, de tener la capacidad de producir cierto resultado o efecto.
- 2Capacidad de hacer un trabajo minimizando el consumo de recursos.
- 3Relación entre la cantidad de trabajo realizado o la energía generada por una maquina y la energía suministrada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: efciiencia,efficiencia,eficciencia,eficeincia,eficiecnia,eficiencai,eficienccia,eficienica,eficienncia,eficinecia,efiicencia,efisiensia,eifciencia,feiciencia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eficiencia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “eficiencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-F-I-C-I-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [efiˈsjẽnsja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.