epítome
[eˈpit̪ome]
The verdict
“epítome” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,901 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,901
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exposición resumida del contenido de una obra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-epitome · epítome · Spanish
epítome · rank #52,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,901
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH entrometerse
Nearest frequency peer: entrometerse (-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 “epítome”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- entraremos
entraremos
47,103 corpus weight
- entrevistad…
entrevistadas
47,102 corpus weight
- entrometerse
entrometerse
47,101 corpus weight
- epítome
epítome
47,100 corpus weight
- erigirse
erigirse
47,099 corpus weight
- esbelto
esbelto
47,097 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “epítome” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epítome |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈpit̪ome] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “epítome” en español
Rare enough to double-check
epítome is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,901 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈpit̪ome]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for epítome, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is epítome, spelled E-P-Í-T-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Exposición resumida del contenido de una obra.
- 2Figura consistente en la repetición del exordio de un parlamento al final del mismo, a modo de resumen.
- 3Exponente más acabado o perfecto de una clase.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how epítome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mi abuela era una mujer muy religiosa. En la familia ella era el epítome de la fe, el epítome de la religión.
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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