ego
[ˈeɣ̞o]
The verdict
“ego” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,904 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,904
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conciencia de la persona humana, en especial en cuanto es capaz de percibir la realidad
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 | ego |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ego” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ego is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,904 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.
ego doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ego, spelled E-G-O.
Definition
- 1Conciencia de la persona humana, en especial en cuanto es capaz de percibir la realidad
- 2En el modelo estructural de Freud, fuerza psíquica desarrollada de acuerdo al principio de realidad, que media entre las regiones conscientes e inconscientes de la vida psíquica llevando a cabo varias funciones, entre ellas la memoria, la sensación, la defensa psíquica y el análisis racional
- 3Valoración positiva que un sujeto hace de sí mismo
Synonyms
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 “ego”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeɣ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “en” - see the side-by-side comparison. ego vs en
- 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.