entelequia
[ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja]
The verdict
“entelequia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,189 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,189
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Realización acabada que, según la filosofía aristotélica, alcanza todo ente al desarrollar plenamente sus potencialidades.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entelequia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entelequia” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
entelequia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,189 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for entelequia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is entelequia, spelled E-N-T-E-L-E-Q-U-I-A.
Definition
- 1Realización acabada que, según la filosofía aristotélica, alcanza todo ente al desarrollar plenamente sus potencialidades.
- 2Por extensión, principio activo que impulsa a todo ente a la entelequia₁.
- 3Por extensión, capacidad para obrar que, según algunos racionalistas, informa todo ente.
- 4En particular, principio de actividad que anima a los seres vivos según los vitalistas.
- 5Cosa, situación o persona ideal y perfecta que existe únicamente en la imaginación.
This word in other languages
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 “entelequia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-T-E-L-E-Q-U-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽn̪t̪eˈlekja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.