esgrima

/[esˈɣ̞ɾima]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,144

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

esgrima is aSpanishnoun. It means: Arte de jugar y manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas. Pronounced [esˈɣ̞ɾima]. Often confused with estima and escrita.

Key facts for esgrima
PropertyValue
Headwordesgrima
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈɣ̞ɾima]
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,144
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of esgrima in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for esgrima is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈɣ̞ɾima]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,144 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for esgrima, with forms such as "egsrima", "esggrima", and "esgirma". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "estima", "escrita", "escriba", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is esgrima, spelled E-S-G-R-I-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte de jugar y manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas.
  2. 2
    Deporte de combate, donde se enfrentan dos contrincantes que deben intentar tocarse con un arma blanca (pero sin que el arma posea ni filo ni punta; es decir, que no se puede cortar ni pinchar con ella).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsrima,esggrima,esgirma,esgriam,esgrimma,esgrmia,esgrrima,esrgima,essgrima,segrima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for esgrima

Misspelling Variants of "esgrima"

egsrima7esggrima8esgirma7esgriam7esgrimma8esgrmia7esgrrima8esrgima7
Misspelling Variants of "esgrima"

Frequency rank: #24,144 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esgrima"?
"esgrima" is spelled E-S-G-R-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈɣ̞ɾima].
What does "esgrima" mean?
As a noun, "esgrima" means: Arte de jugar y manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas.
What words are commonly confused with "esgrima"?
"esgrima" is commonly confused with "estima", "escrita", "escriba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esgrima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esgrima" is [esˈɣ̞ɾima]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esgrima" come from?
"esgrima" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.