esponja
[esˈpõŋxa]
The verdict
“esponja” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,357 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,357
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grupo de animales invertebrados acuáticos, pertenecientes al filo de los Poríferos, con cuerpos porosos que permiten circular el agua a través de ellos.
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 | esponja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpõŋxa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,357 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esponja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for esponja is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈpõŋxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,357 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 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for esponja, with forms such as "epsonja", "esopnja", and "espnoja". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "esposa", "Estonia", "exponga", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 esponja, spelled E-S-P-O-N-J-A.
Definition
- 1Grupo de animales invertebrados acuáticos, pertenecientes al filo de los Poríferos, con cuerpos porosos que permiten circular el agua a través de ellos.
- 2Utensilio de material poroso usado para limpiar superficies sucias. Se caracteriza por absorber bien el agua y otras soluciones al agua.
- 3Persona que bebe mucho alcohol.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsonja,esopnja,espnoja,espojna,esponaj,esponjja,esponnja,espponja,essponja,seponja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esponja - 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.
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 “esponja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-O-N-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈpõŋxa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “esposa” - see the side-by-side comparison. esponja vs esposa
- 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.