especie
[esˈpesje]
The verdict
“especie” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,110 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,110
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de cosas que tienen atributos en común.
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 | especie |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpesje] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “especie” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for especie is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpesje]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,110 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. 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 especie, with forms such as "epsecie", "esepcie", and "espceie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "espere", "especies", "espécimen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is especie, spelled E-S-P-E-C-I-E.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de cosas que tienen atributos en común.
- 2En particular, conjunto de individuos, con características semejantes, capaces de cruzarse entre sí y crear descendencia fértil. En taxonomía, cada uno de los elementos de que consta un género.
- 3Esencia, idea, forma.
- 4Sustancia.
- 5Caso, suceso, asunto, negocio.
- 6Tema, noticia, proposición.
- 7Apariencia, color, sombra.
- 8Treta de tajo, revés o estocada.
- 9Cada una de las voces en la composición. Divídense en consonantes y disonantes, y éstas en perfectas e imperfectas.
- 10Remuneración no monetaria que recibe una persona por el trabajo realizado.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsecie,esepcie,espceie,especcie,especei,espeice,espesie,esppecie,esspecie,sepecie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of especie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “especie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-E-C-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈpesje] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “espere” - see the side-by-side comparison. especie vs espere
- 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.