espelta
[esˈpel̪t̪a]
The verdict
“espelta” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Triticum spelta) Especie de trigo adaptado a climas duros, húmedos y fríos. Es vestido hexaploide, al tener seis juegos de siete cromosomas haciendo un total de 42.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espelta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpel̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espelta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espelta is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpel̪t̪a]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Triticum spelta) Especie de trigo adaptado a climas duros, húmedos y fríos. Es vestido hexaploide, al tener seis juegos de siete cromosomas haciendo un total de 42.".
espelta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is espelta, spelled E-S-P-E-L-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Triticum spelta) Especie de trigo adaptado a climas duros, húmedos y fríos. Es vestido hexaploide, al tener seis juegos de siete cromosomas haciendo un total de 42.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “espelta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-E-L-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.