esmeralda
[esmeˈɾal̪d̪a]
The verdict
“esmeralda” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,839
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Piedra preciosa formada por silicato de aluminio y berilio, de fórmula Be₃Al₂(SiO₃)₆, de color verde debido al óxido de cromo que en pequeña cantidad entra en su composición. Es una variedad del mi...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esmeralda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esmeˈɾal̪d̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esmeralda” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around esmeralda (IPA [esmeˈɾal̪d̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,839 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for esmeralda, with forms such as "emseralda", "esemralda", and "esmearlda". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "esperada", "esmeraldas", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is esmeralda, spelled E-S-M-E-R-A-L-D-A.
Definition
- 1Piedra preciosa formada por silicato de aluminio y berilio, de fórmula Be₃Al₂(SiO₃)₆, de color verde debido al óxido de cromo que en pequeña cantidad entra en su composición. Es una variedad del mineral berilo.
- 2Cualquiera de los colibríes del género Chlorostilbon.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emseralda
- esemralda
- esmearlda
- esmeradla
- esmeralad
- esmeraldda
- esmerallda
- esmerlada
- esmerralda
- esmmeralda
- esmrealda
- essmeralda
- semeralda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esmeralda - 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.
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 “esmeralda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-M-E-R-A-L-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esmeˈɾal̪d̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “esperada” - see the side-by-side comparison. esmeralda vs esperada
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.