entelequia

/[ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#78,189

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

entelequia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Realización acabada que, según la filosofía aristotélica, alcanza todo ente al desarrollar plenamente sus potencialidades. Pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja].

Key facts for entelequia
PropertyValue
Headwordentelequia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja]
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entelequia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for entelequia is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,189 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for entelequia in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is entelequia, spelled E-N-T-E-L-E-Q-U-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Realización acabada que, según la filosofía aristotélica, alcanza todo ente al desarrollar plenamente sus potencialidades.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, principio activo que impulsa a todo ente a la entelequia₁.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, capacidad para obrar que, según algunos racionalistas, informa todo ente.
  4. 4
    En particular, principio de actividad que anima a los seres vivos según los vitalistas.
  5. 5
    Cosa, situación o persona ideal y perfecta que existe únicamente en la imaginación.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #78,189 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entelequia"?
"entelequia" is spelled E-N-T-E-L-E-Q-U-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja].
What does "entelequia" mean?
As a noun, "entelequia" means: Realización acabada que, según la filosofía aristotélica, alcanza todo ente al desarrollar plenamente sus potencialidades.
How do you pronounce "entelequia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entelequia" is [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entelequia" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.