elipse
[eˈlipse]
The verdict
“elipse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,203 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,203
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “elipse” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
elipse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,203 among 101,141 “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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Using “elipse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L-I-P-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eˈlipse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.