ek
[ɛk]
The verdict
“ek” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,574) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #37,574
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ek · ek · Spanish
ek · rank #37,574 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,574
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH ecuatorianas
Nearest frequency peer: ecuatorianas (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ek”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ecoturismo
ecoturismo
62,431 corpus weight
- ecuatorianas
ecuatorianas
62,430 corpus weight
- ek
ek
62,427 corpus weight
- electrón
electrón
62,424 corpus weight
- eliminará
eliminará
62,423 corpus weight
- emigrados
emigrados
62,422 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ek” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ek |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ɛk] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #37,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ek” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ek is neighbouring look-alikes ("en", "él", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ɛk]. Frequency #37,574 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Yo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ek in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ek, spelled E-K.
Definition
- 1Yo.
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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- "ek" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "en". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #37,574 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
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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.