elefante
[eleˈfãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“elefante” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,633 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,633
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Familia Elephantidae) Cualquiera de tres especies de animales mamíferos de enorme tamaño que habitan las sabanas y selvas de África y el sur de Asia. Son herbívoros muy corpulentos, de gran altura...
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 | elefante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eleˈfãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elefante” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for elefante is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eleˈfãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,633 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Familia Elephantidae) Cualquiera de tres especies de animales mamíferos de enorme tamaño que habitan las sabanas y selvas de África y el sur de Asia. Son herbívoros muy corpulentos, de gran altura...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for elefante, with forms such as "eelfante", "eleafnte", and "elefanet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "elegante", "elefantes", "elegantes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is elefante, spelled E-L-E-F-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1(Familia Elephantidae) Cualquiera de tres especies de animales mamíferos de enorme tamaño que habitan las sabanas y selvas de África y el sur de Asia. Son herbívoros muy corpulentos, de gran altura y cuerpo robusto, cubierto de una gruesa piel de color grisáceo; presentan una característica prolongación de la nariz y el labio superior denominada probóscide o trompa, que usan como extremidad prénsil, y colmillos muy prolongados. Son gregarios y sumamente inteligentes. Pueden alcanzar las 6 toneladas de peso. El periodo de gestación de sus crías alcanza los 3 años.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eelfante,eleafnte,elefanet,elefannte,elefantte,elefatne,eleffante,elefnate,elfeante,ellefante,leefante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of elefante - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “elefante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L-E-F-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eleˈfãn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “elegante” - see the side-by-side comparison. elefante vs elegante
- 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.