entropía

[ẽn̪t̪ɾoˈpia]

/[ẽn̪t̪ɾoˈpia]/ noun

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The verdict

“entropía” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,164
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Magnitud de la energía de un sistema que no puede convertirse en trabajo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-entropia · entropía · Spanish

entropía · rank #44,164 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,164
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH envejecen

Nearest frequency peer: envejecen (+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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “entropía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “entropía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

entropía vs Etiopía
63% similar
entropía vs entraría
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for entropía
PropertyValue
Headwordentropía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽn̪t̪ɾoˈpia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,164
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “entropía”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.entropíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “envejecen” (#44,165), “enriqueciendo” (#44,162), “envidias” (#44,166). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “entropía” va en #44,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around entropía (IPA [ẽn̪t̪ɾoˈpia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,164 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for entropía, with forms such as "enntropía", "enrtopía", and "entorpía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Etiopía", "entraría", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 entropía, spelled E-N-T-R-O-P-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Magnitud de la energía de un sistema que no puede convertirse en trabajo.
  2. 2
    Magnitud del desorden de un sistema.
  3. 3
    Magnitud de la impredecibilidad de una unidad de un mensaje.

This word in other languages

entropy(English)entropie(Français)Entropie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enntropía
  • enrtopía
  • entorpía
  • entropaí
  • entroppía
  • entroípa
  • entrpoía
  • entrropía
  • enttropía
  • etnropía
  • netropía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entropía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enntropía1enrtopía2entorpía2entropaí2entroppía1entroípa2entrpoía2entrropía1
Edit distance from "entropía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entropía"?
"entropía" is spelled E-N-T-R-O-P-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽn̪t̪ɾoˈpia].
What does "entropía" mean?
As a noun, "entropía" means: Magnitud de la energía de un sistema que no puede convertirse en trabajo.
What words are commonly confused with "entropía"?
"entropía" is commonly confused with "Etiopía", "entraría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entropía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entropía" is [ẽn̪t̪ɾoˈpia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entropía" come from?
"entropía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entropía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

envidias#44,166epitelio#44,167enfrento#44,157Escorpio#44,173

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

encauzar11 variantsguardará11 variantsGuernica11 variantsdegollado11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list