especias

/[esˈpesjas]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,087

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

especias is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de especia. Pronounced [esˈpesjas]. Often confused with especie and esperas.

Key facts for especias
PropertyValue
Headwordespecias
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈpesjas]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,087
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for especias is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpesjas]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,087 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de especia.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for especias, with forms such as "epsecias", "esepcias", and "espceias". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "especie", "esperas", "especies", 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 especias, spelled E-S-P-E-C-I-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de especia.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epsecias,esepcias,espceias,especais,especcias,especiass,especisa,espeicas,espesias,esppecias,esspecias,sepecias

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for especias

Misspelling Variants of "especias"

epsecias8esepcias8espceias8especais8especcias9especiass9especisa8espeicas8
Misspelling Variants of "especias"

Frequency rank: #15,087 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "especias"?
"especias" is spelled E-S-P-E-C-I-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈpesjas].
What does "especias" mean?
As a noun, "especias" means: Forma del plural de especia.
What words are commonly confused with "especias"?
"especias" is commonly confused with "especie", "esperas", "especies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "especias"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "especias" is [esˈpesjas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "especias" come from?
"especias" 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.