esgrima

[esˈɣ̞ɾima]

/[esˈɣ̞ɾima]/ noun

The verdict

“esgrima” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,144. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,144
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arte de jugar y manejar la espada, el sable y otras armas blancas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-esgrima · esgrima · Spanish

esgrima · rank #24,144 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,144
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH escupir

Nearest frequency peer: escupir (-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 “esgrima”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

esgrima vs estima
71% similar
esgrima vs escrita
71% similar
esgrima vs escriba
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “esgrima”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.esgrimacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “escupir” (#24,143), “especificación” (#24,145), “estéticos” (#24,146). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “esgrima” va en #24,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around esgrima (IPA [esˈɣ̞ɾima]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,144 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esgrima, with forms such as "egsrima", "esggrima", and "esgirma". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "estima", "escrita", "escriba", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is esgrima, spelled E-S-G-R-I-M-A.

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).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egsrima
  • esggrima
  • esgirma
  • esgriam
  • esgrimma
  • esgrmia
  • esgrrima
  • esrgima
  • essgrima
  • segrima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esgrima - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egsrima2esggrima1esgirma2esgriam2esgrimma1esgrmia2esgrrima1esrgima2
Edit distance from "esgrima"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esgrima", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list