espárrago
[esˈparaɣ̞o]
The verdict
“espárrago” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,555 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,555
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Asparagus officinalis grupo ‘Asparagaceae’) Planta lilácea, con tallos blancos y rectos, ramoso, de hojas acirculares y en hacecillos sus cabezuelas son de color verde morado y comestibles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espárrago |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈparaɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espárrago” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espárrago is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈparaɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,555 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for espárrago in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is espárrago, spelled E-S-P-Á-R-R-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1(Asparagus officinalis grupo ‘Asparagaceae’) Planta lilácea, con tallos blancos y rectos, ramoso, de hojas acirculares y en hacecillos sus cabezuelas son de color verde morado y comestibles.
- 2Dícese del turión o yema comestible que produce la esparraguera.
- 3Palo largo y recto que se usa para asegurar entoldados.
- 4Madero atravesado por estacas pequeñas a distancias iguales, para que sirva de escalera.
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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 “espárrago”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-Á-R-R-A-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈparaɣ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.