espín
[esˈpĩn]
The verdict
“espín” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,879 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,879
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propiedad asociada a cada partícula subatómica que guarda relación con el momento angular. El espín de una partícula es un número múltiplo entero de la mitad de la constante de Dirac denotado s.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espín |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpĩn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espín” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
espín is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,879 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈpĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propiedad asociada a cada partícula subatómica que guarda relación con el momento angular. El espín de una partícula es un número múltiplo entero de la mitad de la constante de Dirac denotado s.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for espín, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is espín, spelled E-S-P-Í-N.
Definition
- 1Propiedad asociada a cada partícula subatómica que guarda relación con el momento angular. El espín de una partícula es un número múltiplo entero de la mitad de la constante de Dirac denotado s.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “espín”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-Í-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈpĩn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.