elipse
[eˈlipse]
The verdict
“elipse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,203 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,203
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El lugar geométrico de todos los puntos de un plano, tales que la suma de las distancias a otros dos puntos fijos llamados focos es constante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-elipse · elipse · Spanish
elipse · rank #59,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,203
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH embarcan
Nearest frequency peer: embarcan (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “elipse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- efímeros
efímeros
40,801 corpus weight
- electivos
electivos
40,800 corpus weight
- elipse
elipse
40,798 corpus weight
- embarcan
embarcan
40,797 corpus weight
- embargado
embargado
40,796 corpus weight
- embistió
embistió
40,795 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “elipse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elipse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈlipse] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “elipse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
elipse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,203 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈlipse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
elipse has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is elipse, spelled E-L-I-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1El lugar geométrico de todos los puntos de un plano, tales que la suma de las distancias a otros dos puntos fijos llamados focos es constante.
- 2Curva simétrica cerrada que resulta al cortar la superficie de un cono por un plano oblicuo al eje de simetría.
- 3Curva plana resultado de proyectar una circunferencia sobre un plano que no es paralelo a la circunferencia.
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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