elegía

[eleˈxia]

/[eleˈxia]/ noun

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The verdict

“elegía” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,444
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poema corto y lírico que refleja pérdida, dolor o tristeza, casi siempre lamentando una muerte o ruina.

Corpus desk

Index ES-elegia · elegía · Spanish

elegía · rank #30,444 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,444
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH elegirá

Nearest frequency peer: elegirá (-1 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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “elegía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “elegía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

elegía vs Elia
33% similar
elegía vs Elena
50% similar
elegía vs elegir
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for elegía
PropertyValue
Headwordelegía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eleˈxia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,444
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “elegía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).elegíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “elegirá” (#30,443), “Elisabeth” (#30,445), “embrague” (#30,446). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “elegía” va en #30,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around elegía (IPA [eleˈxia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,444 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Poema corto y lírico que refleja pérdida, dolor o tristeza, casi siempre lamentando una muerte o ruina.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for elegía, with forms such as "eelgía", "elegaí", and "eleggía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Elia", "Elena", "elegir", 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 elegía, spelled E-L-E-G-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poema corto y lírico que refleja pérdida, dolor o tristeza, casi siempre lamentando una muerte o ruina.

This word in other languages

elegy(English)élégie(Français)Elegie(Deutsch)elegia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eelgía
  • elegaí
  • eleggía
  • eleíga
  • elgeía
  • ellegía
  • leegía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of elegía - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eelgía2elegaí2eleggía1eleíga2elgeía2ellegía1leegía2
Edit distance from "elegía"

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 "elegía"?
"elegía" is spelled E-L-E-G-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eleˈxia].
What does "elegía" mean?
As a noun, "elegía" means: Poema corto y lírico que refleja pérdida, dolor o tristeza, casi siempre lamentando una muerte o ruina.
What words are commonly confused with "elegía"?
"elegía" is commonly confused with "Elia", "Elena", "elegir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "elegía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elegía" is [eleˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elegía" come from?
"elegía" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "elegía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ducado#30,439enojan#30,453erigir#30,458escort#30,460

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

culiao7 variantscrían7 variantsChili7 variantshigos7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list