esfínter
[esˈfĩn̪t̪eɾ]
The verdict
“esfínter” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,237 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,237
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Músculo en forma de anillo con que se abre y cierra el orificio de una cavidad del cuerpo para dar salida a algún excremento o secreción, o para retenerlos; como el de la vejiga de la orina o el de...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esfínter |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈfĩn̪t̪eɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esfínter” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esfínter is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,237 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈfĩn̪t̪eɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Músculo en forma de anillo con que se abre y cierra el orificio de una cavidad del cuerpo para dar salida a algún excremento o secreción, o para retenerlos; como el de la vejiga de la orina o el de...".
Zero misspellings are on record for esfínter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esfínter, spelled E-S-F-Í-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Músculo en forma de anillo con que se abre y cierra el orificio de una cavidad del cuerpo para dar salida a algún excremento o secreción, o para retenerlos; como el de la vejiga de la orina o el del ano.
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 “esfínter”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-F-Í-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.