espada

/[esˈpað̞a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,781

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

espada is aSpanishnoun. It means: Arma blanca que consiste en una hoja de metal larga, aguda y cortante; guarnición y empuñadura. Pronounced [esˈpað̞a]. It ranks #3,781 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with espía and estad.

Key facts for espada
PropertyValue
Headwordespada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈpað̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,781
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for espada is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,781 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for espada, with forms such as "epsada", "esapda", and "espaad". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "espía", "estad", "estado", and more, 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 espada, spelled E-S-P-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arma blanca que consiste en una hoja de metal larga, aguda y cortante; guarnición y empuñadura.
  2. 2
    Uno de los cuatro palos de la baraja española.
  3. 3
    Cualquiera de las cartas del palo de espadas.
  4. 4
    Persona hábil con la espada.
  5. 5
    Torero que se especializa en matar los toros con una espada.
  6. 6
    Pez espada.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsada,esapda,espaad,espadda,espdaa,esppada,esspada,sepada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for espada

Misspelling Variants of "espada"

epsada6esapda6espaad6espadda7espdaa6esppada7esspada7sepada6
Misspelling Variants of "espada"

Frequency rank: #3,781 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espada"?
"espada" is spelled E-S-P-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈpað̞a].
What does "espada" mean?
As a noun, "espada" means: Arma blanca que consiste en una hoja de metal larga, aguda y cortante; guarnición y empuñadura.
What words are commonly confused with "espada"?
"espada" is commonly confused with "espía", "estad", "estado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espada" is [esˈpað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espada" come from?
"espada" 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.