esposo
[esˈposo]
The verdict
“esposo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,659 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,659
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hombre casado, con respecto de su cónyuge.
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 | esposo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈposo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esposo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for esposo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈposo]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,659 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hombre casado, con respecto de su cónyuge.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for esposo, with forms such as "epsoso", "esopso", and "espoos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "estos", "expuso", "esposos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is esposo, spelled E-S-P-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Hombre casado, con respecto de su cónyuge.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsoso,esopso,espoos,esposso,espposo,espsoo,essposo,seposo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esposo - 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 “esposo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-P-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈposo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estos” - see the side-by-side comparison. esposo vs estos
- 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.