esperanza

/[espeˈɾãnsa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,213

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

esperanza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Confianza o deseo de que algo deseado sucederá. Pronounced [espeˈɾãnsa]. It ranks #1,213 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with esperará and esperaría.

Key facts for esperanza
PropertyValue
Headwordesperanza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[espeˈɾãnsa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,213
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for esperanza is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [espeˈɾãnsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,213 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for esperanza, with forms such as "epseranza", "esepranza", and "espearnza". 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, "esperará", "esperaría", "esperanzas", 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 esperanza, spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-N-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confianza o deseo de que algo deseado sucederá.
  2. 2
    Suceso o situación que es objeto de esperanza₁.
  3. 3
    Sujeto que motiva o suscita esperanza₁.
  4. 4
    Confianza en obtener la gracia divina para alcanza la salvación, una de las tres virtudes teologales identificadas por la tradición cristiana.
  5. 5
    Valor esperado de un fenómeno aleatorio, igual a la sumatoria de cada valor posible multiplicado por la probabilidad del mismo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epseranza,esepranza,espearnza,esperanaz,esperannza,esperanzza,esperazna,espernaza,esperranza,espperanza,espreanza,essperanza,seperanza

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for esperanza

Misspelling Variants of "esperanza"

epseranza9esepranza9espearnza9esperanaz9esperannza10esperanzza10esperazna9espernaza9
Misspelling Variants of "esperanza"

Frequency rank: #1,213 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esperanza"?
"esperanza" is spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-N-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [espeˈɾãnsa].
What does "esperanza" mean?
As a noun, "esperanza" means: Confianza o deseo de que algo deseado sucederá.
What words are commonly confused with "esperanza"?
"esperanza" is commonly confused with "esperará", "esperaría", "esperanzas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esperanza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esperanza" is [espeˈɾãnsa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esperanza" come from?
"esperanza" 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.