esperma

Name: esperma, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[esˈpeɾma]

/[esˈpeɾma]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“esperma” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,257
frequency rank, Spanish: 5,243
“E” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Semen (secreción de los genitales).

Corpus desk

Index ES-esperma · esperma · Spanish

esperma · rank #25,257 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #25,257
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,243
PHOTO-FINISH espanyol

Nearest frequency peer: espanyol (-1 rank slots)

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.

escoltas

74,747
espanyol

74,745
esperma

74,744
establecerá

74,743
estrechar

74,742
estuche

74,741

What this shows “esperma” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

esperma vs espero

71% similar

esperma vs espuma

71% similar

esperma vs espesa

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for esperma
Property	Value
Headword	esperma
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[esˈpeɾma]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#25,257
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “esperma”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).espermacae aquí:

#25,257

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “espanyol” (#25,256), “establecerá” (#25,258), “estrechar” (#25,259). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “esperma” va en #25,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around esperma (IPA [esˈpeɾma]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,257 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esperma, with forms such as "epserma", "eseprma", and "espemra". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "espero", "espuma", "espesa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esperma, spelled E-S-P-E-R-M-A.

Definition

1
Semen (secreción de los genitales).
2
Cera de la vela, sobre todo si está derretida.
3
Sustancia crasa y cerosa que se encuentra en las grasas vascularizadas de las ballenas, y en la cabeza del cachalote, y contribuye a la regulación de su flotabilidad. Se usaba principalmente para hacer velas y hoy para la fabricación de medicamentos, lubricantes y cosméticos.

Synonyms

blanco de ballenaesperma de ballenaespermaceti

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epserma
eseprma
espemra
esperam
espermma
esperrma
espperma
esprema
essperma
seperma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esperma - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "esperma"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esperma"?

"esperma" is spelled E-S-P-E-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈpeɾma].

What does "esperma" mean?

As a noun, "esperma" means: Semen (secreción de los genitales).

What words are commonly confused with "esperma"?

"esperma" is commonly confused with "espero", "espuma", "espesa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "esperma"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esperma" is [esˈpeɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "esperma" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esperma", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estuche#25,260 errante#25,252 exceder#25,265 enfocan#25,244

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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