espeso

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

[esˈpeso]

/[esˈpeso]/ adj

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

The verdict

“espeso” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #27,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,981
frequency rank, Spanish: 5,243
“E” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hablando de un fluido, que es denso y fluye con dificultad.

Corpus desk

Index ES-espeso · espeso · Spanish

espeso · rank #27,981 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #27,981
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,243
PHOTO-FINISH escépticos

Nearest frequency peer: escépticos (-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.

eros

72,022
escépticos

72,021
espeso

72,020
espino

72,019
estiércol

72,018
exageradas

72,017

What this shows “espeso” 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).

espeso vs estés

50% similar

espeso vs esposa

67% similar

espeso vs esposo

83% similar

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

Key facts for espeso
Property	Value
Headword	espeso
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[esˈpeso]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#27,981
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “espeso”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.espesocae aquí:

#27,981

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “escépticos” (#27,980), “espino” (#27,982), “eros” (#27,979). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “espeso” va en #27,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around espeso (IPA [esˈpeso]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,981 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for espeso, with forms such as "epseso", "esepso", and "espeos". 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, "estés", "esposa", "esposo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is espeso, spelled E-S-P-E-S-O.

Definition

1
Hablando de un fluido, que es denso y fluye con dificultad.
2
Hablando de un bosque y otras agrupaciones, que sus elementos están muy juntos.
3
Dicho de una persona, que no es agradable de tratar.
4
Dicese de un elemento que se encuentra en alta concentración. Lo cual a su vez conlleva que se encuentre poco diluido.

Synonyms

grueso viscoso tupido antipático denso pesado concentrado saturado

Antonyms

aguado diluido

This word in other languages

thick(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epseso
esepso
espeos
espesso
esppeso
espseo
esspeso
sepeso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espeso - 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.

Edit distance from "espeso"

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 "espeso"?

"espeso" is spelled E-S-P-E-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈpeso].

What does "espeso" mean?

As an adjective, "espeso" means: Hablando de un fluido, que es denso y fluye con dificultad.

What words are commonly confused with "espeso"?

"espeso" is commonly confused with "estés", "esposa", "esposo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "espeso"?

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

What language does "espeso" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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