espacio
[esˈpasjo]
The verdict
“espacio” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #625 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #625
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El contenido de un volumen, el conjunto de puntos, áreas ocupadas por un objeto.
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 | espacio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpasjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espacio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espacio is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpasjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #625 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for espacio, with forms such as "epsacio", "esapcio", and "espaccio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "especie", "estadio", "espanto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is espacio, spelled E-S-P-A-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1El contenido de un volumen, el conjunto de puntos, áreas ocupadas por un objeto.
- 2La capacidad de almacenamiento de un lugar.
- 3Distancia o separación entre dos objetos o dos lugares.
- 4Extensión formada por una estructura de varias dimensiones que es ocupada por los cuerpos, sus trayectorias, la radiación, las ondas, etc.
- 5Es un espacio euclideano de tres dimensiones, donde cualquier punto puede ser representado por tres coordenadas.
- 6Es un conjunto de elementos con características comunes y con alguna estructura definida.
- 7El conjunto de lugares mas allá de las atmósferas de los planetas y que esta compuesto principalmente de vacío.
- 8Separación entre líneas o entre palabras o entre letras en un documento impreso.
- 9un campo que se comporta como un sólido sin coordenadas que se entiende como un valor y con efectividad sólo por la experiencia que de él se tenga. (Las dimensiones o coordenadas no se ven; se saben).
- 10Intervalo de tiempo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsacio,esapcio,espaccio,espacoi,espaico,espasio,espcaio,esppacio,esspacio,sepacio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espacio - 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 “espacio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-A-C-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈpasjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “especie” - see the side-by-side comparison. espacio vs especie
- 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.