espelta
[esˈpel̪t̪a]
The verdict
“espelta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espelta · espelta · Spanish
espelta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espelta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpel̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espelta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espelta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈpel̪t̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(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.