España

/[esˈpaɲa]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#236

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

España is aSpanishname. It means: País ubicado en el suroeste de Europa, que ocupa la mayoría de la península ibérica. Limita al oeste con Portugal y el océano Atlántico, al norte con el mar Cantábrico, Francia y Andorra y al este ... Pronounced [esˈpaɲa]. It ranks #236 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with están and espía.

Key facts for España
PropertyValue
HeadwordEspaña
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[esˈpaɲa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#236
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for España is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpaɲa]. Corpus data places it at rank #236 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for España, with forms such as "epsaña", "esapña", and "espaañ". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "están", "espía", "estaba", 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 España, spelled E-S-P-A-Ñ-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    País ubicado en el suroeste de Europa, que ocupa la mayoría de la península ibérica. Limita al oeste con Portugal y el océano Atlántico, al norte con el mar Cantábrico, Francia y Andorra y al este y sur con el mar Mediterráneo. Lo integran también las Islas Baleares, las Islas Canarias y las ciudades de Ceuta y Melilla.
  2. 2
    Apellido.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsaña,esapña,espaañ,esppaña,espñaa,esspaña,sepaña

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for España

Misspelling Variants of "España"

epsaña6esapña6espaañ6esppaña7espñaa6esspaña7sepaña6
Misspelling Variants of "España"

Frequency rank: #236 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "España"?
"España" is spelled E-S-P-A-Ñ-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈpaɲa].
What does "España" mean?
As a name, "España" means: País ubicado en el suroeste de Europa, que ocupa la mayoría de la península ibérica. Limita al oeste con Portugal y el océano Atlántico, al norte con el mar Cantábrico, Francia y Andorra y al este ...
What words are commonly confused with "España"?
"España" is commonly confused with "están", "espía", "estaba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "España"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "España" is [esˈpaɲa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "España" come from?
"España" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.