ei
[ˈe̞i̯]
The verdict
“ei” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,105 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,105
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La tercera persona singular del verbo de negación, usado en el indicativo, en el condicional y en el potencial; "no".
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 | ei |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈe̞i̯] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #9,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ei” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ei is 2 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈe̞i̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,105 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ei, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ei, spelled E-I.
Definition
- 1La tercera persona singular del verbo de negación, usado en el indicativo, en el condicional y en el potencial; "no".
- 2La tercera persona singular del verbo de negación; usado con la forma de verbo pasiva connegativa en presente y con el participio pasado pasivo en tiempos pasados (o sea, para construir la voz pasiva en finés); usado en el indicativo, en el condicional y en el potencial; "no".
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 “ei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈe̞i̯] (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. ei 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.