ensaya
[ẽnˈsaʝa]
The verdict
“ensaya” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,886 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,886
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ensayar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ensaya · ensaya · Spanish
ensaya · rank #50,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,886
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enmarcados
Nearest frequency peer: enmarcados (-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 “ensaya”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- endeudados
endeudados
49,119 corpus weight
- engañaba
engañaba
49,118 corpus weight
- Engel
Engel
49,117 corpus weight
- enmarcados
enmarcados
49,116 corpus weight
- ensaya
ensaya
49,115 corpus weight
- escalonada
escalonada
49,112 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ensaya” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ensaya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnˈsaʝa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ensaya” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ensaya is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,886 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnˈsaʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ensaya, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ensaya, spelled E-N-S-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ensayar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de ensayar.
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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