espiritual

[espiɾiˈt̪wal]

/[espiɾiˈt̪wal]/ adj

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The verdict

“espiritual” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,702
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene características del espíritu o está relacionado con este.

Corpus desk

Index ES-espiritual · espiritual · Spanish

espiritual · rank #3,702 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,702
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH entienden

Nearest frequency peer: entienden (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “espiritual”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

espiritual vs espíritus
70% similar
espiritual vs espirituales
83% similar
espiritual vs espíritu
70% similar

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

Key facts for espiritual
PropertyValue
Headwordespiritual
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[espiɾiˈt̪wal]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,702
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “espiritual”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).espiritualcae aquí:

#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 “entienden” (#3,701), “femenina” (#3,703), “empiezan” (#3,700). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “espiritual” va en #3,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around espiritual (IPA [espiɾiˈt̪wal]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,702 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for espiritual, with forms such as "epsiritual", "esipritual", and "espiirtual". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "espíritus", "espirituales", "espíritu", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is espiritual, spelled E-S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene características del espíritu o está relacionado con este.
  2. 2
    Que no tiene interés en las cosas materiales.
  3. 3
    Que se relaciona con la religión o con algún credo, por oposición a temporal o material.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how espiritual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es líder temporal y espiritual de su comunidad

This word in other languages

spiritual(English)spirituel(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsiritual
  • esipritual
  • espiirtual
  • espiritaul
  • espirittual
  • espirituall
  • espiritula
  • espiriutal
  • espirritual
  • espirtiual
  • esppiritual
  • espriitual
  • esspiritual
  • sepiritual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espiritual - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epsiritual2esipritual2espiirtual2espiritaul2espirittual1espirituall1espiritula2espiriutal2
Edit distance from "espiritual"

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 "espiritual"?
"espiritual" is spelled E-S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [espiɾiˈt̪wal].
What does "espiritual" mean?
As an adjective, "espiritual" means: Que tiene características del espíritu o está relacionado con este.
What words are commonly confused with "espiritual"?
"espiritual" is commonly confused with "espíritus", "espirituales", "espíritu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espiritual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espiritual" is [espiɾiˈt̪wal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espiritual" come from?
"espiritual" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

constituye#3,689cantidades#3,679campeonato#3,678Bienvenido#3,674

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

creciente14 variantsconocemos14 variantsmuchachos14 variantsrecientes14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list