epilepsia
[epiˈlepsja]
The verdict
“epilepsia” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,772. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,772
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfermedad crónica del sistema nervioso, en la cual una excitación anormal de la corteza cerebral produce ataques o convulsiones, altera la función cerebral y provoca cambios en el comportamiento^(...
Corpus desk
Index ES-epilepsia · epilepsia · Spanish
epilepsia · rank #23,772 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,772
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enriquece
Nearest frequency peer: enriquece (-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 “epilepsia”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- emprendido
emprendido
76,232 corpus weight
- emprendimie…
emprendimientos
76,231 corpus weight
- enriquece
enriquece
76,230 corpus weight
- epilepsia
epilepsia
76,229 corpus weight
- ere
ere
76,228 corpus weight
- escribiera
escribiera
76,226 corpus weight
What this shows “epilepsia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epilepsia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [epiˈlepsja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “epilepsia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around epilepsia (IPA [epiˈlepsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,772 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Enfermedad crónica del sistema nervioso, en la cual una excitación anormal de la corteza cerebral produce ataques o convulsiones, altera la función cerebral y provoca cambios en el comportamiento^(...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for epilepsia, with forms such as "eiplepsia", "epielpsia", and "epilepcia". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 epilepsia, spelled E-P-I-L-E-P-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad crónica del sistema nervioso, en la cual una excitación anormal de la corteza cerebral produce ataques o convulsiones, altera la función cerebral y provoca cambios en el comportamiento^([cita requerida]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how epilepsia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La litargia y el subet son differentes de la epilepsia en esto: y es que en estas no ay espasmo. En la epilepsia no se escusa. En la litargia y subet no se haze espuma en su boca lo que se haze en la epiléptica. Diuersifica tambien la proplexia porque en ella se corrompe el senso y el motu: en la epilepsia no aun que algunos digan que la proplexia es fuer…
SVelen tentar a los niños vna passion que vulgarmente llaman alferezia, difiere poco de la epilepsia llamada gota coral, empero la alferezia no es tan fuerte con mucho, y da a los niños quando maman.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eiplepsia
- epielpsia
- epilepcia
- epilepisa
- epileppsia
- epilepsai
- epilepssia
- epilespia
- epillepsia
- epilpesia
- epliepsia
- eppilepsia
- peilepsia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of epilepsia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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