eje
[ˈexe]
The verdict
“eje” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,077 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,077
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pieza cilíndrica que atraviesa un cuerpo giratorio.
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 | eje |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈexe] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eje” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for eje is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈexe]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,077 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for eje in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "en", "él", "ex", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is eje, spelled E-J-E.
Definition
- 1Pieza cilíndrica que atraviesa un cuerpo giratorio.
- 2Barra horizontal, perpendicular en línea de tracción, que une dos ruedas opuestas de un carruaje.
- 3Cada una de las líneas perpendiculares entre sí que construye un sistema coordenado.
- 4Línea imaginaria a cuyo alrededor se supone que gira un cuerpo.
- 5En sentido figurado, idea básica y fundamental.
This word in other languages
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 “eje”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-J-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈexe] (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. eje 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.