esfinge

Name: esfinge, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[esˈfĩŋxe]

/[esˈfĩŋxe]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“esfinge” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,026
frequency rank, Spanish: 5,243
“E” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En la mitología griega, monstruo representado como una leona alada con cabeza y tetas, que planteaba dilemas irresolvibles.

Corpus desk

Index ES-esfinge · esfinge · Spanish

esfinge · rank #35,026 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #35,026
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,243
PHOTO-FINISH escultores

Nearest frequency peer: escultores (-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.

escandinavos

64,978
escuchará

64,977
escultores

64,976
esfinge

64,975
espantar

64,974
espantosas

64,973

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

Key facts for esfinge
Property	Value
Headword	esfinge
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[esˈfĩŋxe]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#35,026
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “esfinge”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).esfingecae aquí:

#35,026

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “escultores” (#35,025), “espantar” (#35,027), “escuchará” (#35,024). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “esfinge” va en #35,026. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around esfinge (IPA [esˈfĩŋxe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,026 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esfinge, with forms such as "efsinge", "esffinge", and "esfigne". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is esfinge, spelled E-S-F-I-N-G-E.

Definition

1
En la mitología griega, monstruo representado como una leona alada con cabeza y tetas, que planteaba dilemas irresolvibles.
2
En el arte egipcio antiguo, estatua de una esfinge tendida sobre sus cuatro patas.
3
(Sphingidae) Cualquiera de los lepidópteros glosados de la familia Sphingidae, del clado Ditrysia de cuerpo robusto y vuelo generalmente rápido; la mayoría de ellas tienen las alas anteriores estrechas y apuntadas, aunque algunas tienen las alas más anchas, festoneadas y vuelan con mayor lentitud. Las alas suelen mantenerse planas y dirigidas hacia atrás, como flechas, durante el reposo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

efsinge
esffinge
esfigne
esfineg
esfingge
esfinnge
esfnige
esifnge
essfinge
sefinge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esfinge - 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.

Edit distance from "esfinge"

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 "esfinge"?

"esfinge" is spelled E-S-F-I-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈfĩŋxe].

What does "esfinge" mean?

As a noun, "esfinge" means: En la mitología griega, monstruo representado como una leona alada con cabeza y tetas, que planteaba dilemas irresolvibles.

What are common misspellings of "esfinge"?

Common misspellings include "efsinge", "esffinge", "esfigne", "esfineg", "esfingge". The correct spelling is "esfinge".

How do you pronounce "esfinge"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esfinge" is [esˈfĩŋxe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "esfinge" come from?

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Same letter count

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