energía
[eneɾˈxia]
The verdict
“energía” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #822 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #822
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Es una magnitud física del tipo escalar que se manifiesta en diversas formas, se mide por la capacidad de una fuerza o de un sistema para realizar trabajo mecánico, sus principales unidades son: ju...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | energía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eneɾˈxia] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “energía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for energía is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eneɾˈxia]. Corpus data places it at rank #822 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for energía, with forms such as "eenrgía", "enegría", and "energaí". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "energy", "enfría", "energías", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is energía, spelled E-N-E-R-G-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Es una magnitud física del tipo escalar que se manifiesta en diversas formas, se mide por la capacidad de una fuerza o de un sistema para realizar trabajo mecánico, sus principales unidades son: julios y kilowatts.hora (o kilovatio.hora) y su simbolo es: E.
- 2Vigor de carácter.
- 3Gran vitalidad y capacidad para realizar actividades con entusiasmo.
- 4Suministro de electricidad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eenrgía,enegría,energaí,energgía,enerrgía,eneríga,ennergía,enregía,neergía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of energía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “energía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-E-R-G-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eneɾˈxia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “energy” - see the side-by-side comparison. energía vs energy
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.