egoísta
[eɣ̞oˈist̪a]
The verdict
“egoísta” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,836
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que es reacio a compartir lo que tiene.
Corpus desk
Index ES-egoista · egoísta · Spanish
egoísta · rank #10,836 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,836
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH ecológica
Nearest frequency peer: ecológica (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “egoísta”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dolorosa
dolorosa
89,168 corpus weight
- dudes
dudes
89,167 corpus weight
- ecológica
ecológica
89,166 corpus weight
- egoísta
egoísta
89,165 corpus weight
- electorado
electorado
89,164 corpus weight
- electos
electos
89,163 corpus weight
What this shows “egoísta” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | egoísta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eɣ̞oˈist̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “egoísta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around egoísta (IPA [eɣ̞oˈist̪a]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,836 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for egoísta, with forms such as "eggoísta", "egosíta", and "egoísat". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exista", "egoístas", "egoísmo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 egoísta, spelled E-G-O-Í-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Que es reacio a compartir lo que tiene.
- 2Persona que sólo piensa en sí misma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how egoísta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ese niño es muy egoísta por ser hijo único
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eggoísta
- egosíta
- egoísat
- egoíssta
- egoístta
- egoítsa
- egíosta
- eogísta
- geoísta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of egoísta - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "egoísta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).