elma
The verdict
“elma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,883 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,883
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manzana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elma” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
elma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,883 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manzana.".
elma has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is elma, spelled E-L-M-A.
Definition
- 1Manzana.
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 “elma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-L-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.