ejército
[eˈxeɾsit̪o]
The verdict
“ejército” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #683
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto grande y organizado de soldados que combaten en común.
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 | ejército |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈxeɾsit̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ejército” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ejército (IPA [eˈxeɾsit̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #683 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ejército, with forms such as "ejjército", "ejrécito", and "ejécrito". 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. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "emérito", "ejércitos", "ejerció", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ejército, spelled E-J-É-R-C-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Conjunto grande y organizado de soldados que combaten en común.
- 2Conjunto de las fuerzas armadas de un estado.
- 3En particular, ejército₂ terrestre.
- 4Colectividad numerosa organizada para la realización de un fin.
- 5Grupo grande de personas, animales u otras entidades.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejjército
- ejrécito
- ejécrito
- ejérccito
- ejérciot
- ejércitto
- ejérctio
- ejéricto
- ejérrcito
- ejérsito
- eéjrcito
- jeército
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ejército - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "ejército"?
What does "ejército" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "ejército"?
How do you pronounce "ejército"?
What language does "ejército" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “ejército”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-J-É-R-C-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eˈxeɾsit̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “emérito” - see the side-by-side comparison. ejército vs emérito
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.