esguince
[esˈɣ̞ĩnse]
The verdict
“esguince” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #42,994 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lesión de los ligamentos por distensión, estiramiento excesivo, torsión o rasgadura, acompañada de hematoma e inflamación y dolor que impide continuar moviendo la parte lesionada.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esguince |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈɣ̞ĩnse] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esguince” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for esguince is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈɣ̞ĩnse]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,994 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lesión de los ligamentos por distensión, estiramiento excesivo, torsión o rasgadura, acompañada de hematoma e inflamación y dolor que impide continuar moviendo la parte lesionada.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for esguince, with forms such as "egsuince", "esgguince", and "esgiunce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is esguince, spelled E-S-G-U-I-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Lesión de los ligamentos por distensión, estiramiento excesivo, torsión o rasgadura, acompañada de hematoma e inflamación y dolor que impide continuar moviendo la parte lesionada.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egsuince,esgguince,esgiunce,esguicne,esguincce,esguinec,esguinnce,esguinse,esgunice,essguince,esugince,seguince
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esguince - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “esguince”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-G-U-I-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈɣ̞ĩnse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.