espiritual
[espiɾiˈt̪wal]
The verdict
“espiritual” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,702 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,702
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene características del espíritu o está relacionado con este.
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 | espiritual |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [espiɾiˈt̪wal] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espiritual” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for espiritual is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [espiɾiˈt̪wal]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,702 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Que tiene características del espíritu o está relacionado con este.
- 2Que no tiene interés en las cosas materiales.
- 3Que se relaciona con la religión o con algún credo, por oposición a temporal o material.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “espiritual”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [espiɾiˈt̪wal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “espíritus” - see the side-by-side comparison. espiritual vs espíritus
- 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.