espino
[esˈpino]
The verdict
“espino” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,982 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,982
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Crataegus spp.) Nombre dado a unas doscientas especies de árboles y arbustos, de la familia de las Rosáceas y género Crataegus, que se encuentran en zonas frías de Europa, Norteamérica y Asia. Tie...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpino] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espino” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espino is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpino]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,982 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for espino, with forms such as "epsino", "esipno", and "espinno". 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, "estilo", "esposo", "estaño", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is espino, spelled E-S-P-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1(Crataegus spp.) Nombre dado a unas doscientas especies de árboles y arbustos, de la familia de las Rosáceas y género Crataegus, que se encuentran en zonas frías de Europa, Norteamérica y Asia. Tienen ramas espinosas, flores blancas o rosadas, y decorativos frutos con forma de bayas rojas que aparecen en otoño y permanecen en el árbol durante el invierno, lo que los convierte en apreciadas plantas de jardín.
- 2(Acacia caven) Árbol, de la familia de las Leguminosas (Fabaceae), espinoso, de flores amarillas y fruto característico en legumbre, que al madurar da una hermosa vaina dura y negra que contiene las semillas. Crece en tierras con poca agua y en los faldeos cordilleranos de América del Sur. Su madera es explotada para fabricar carbón vegetal. Es cultivado como arbusto de jardín.
- 3Nombre común que reciben en diferentes regiones diversas especies de plantas con tallos o ramas espinosos, entre ellos Genista anglica, Rhamnus lycioides y Berberis vulgaris.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsino,esipno,espinno,espion,espnio,esppino,esspino,sepino
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espino - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “espino”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-I-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈpino] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estilo” - see the side-by-side comparison. espino vs estilo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.