eñe
[ˈeɲe]
The verdict
“eñe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,584 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,584
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de la letra ñ.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ene · eñe · Spanish
eñe · rank #99,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,584
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH extrapolando
Nearest frequency peer: extrapolando (-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 “eñe”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- expusimos
expusimos
420 corpus weight
- external
external
419 corpus weight
- extrapolando
extrapolando
418 corpus weight
- eñe
eñe
417 corpus weight
- faculty
faculty
414 corpus weight
- falseado
falseado
413 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “eñe” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eñe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeɲe] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #99,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “eñe” en español
Rare enough to double-check
eñe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,584 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeɲe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de la letra ñ.".
eñe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is eñe, spelled E-Ñ-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre de la letra ñ.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eñe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Al estado de Montaña, que debe su nombre precisamente al hecho de ser muy montañoso, le quitamos erróneamente la eñe, que hasta el siglo diecinueve reflejaba exactamente su geografía, identificándolo plenamente. Aunque por influencia del inglés, hoy ha cundido la pronunciación con ene, todo el mundo lo entendería si lo pronunciáramos en correcto castellan…
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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