esse
[ˈɛsə]
The verdict
“esse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,918 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,918
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (ich) del presente de indicativo de essen.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esse · esse · Spanish
esse · rank #66,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,918
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH establecimos
Nearest frequency peer: establecimos (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “esse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escudriñar
escudriñar
33,088 corpus weight
- escuece
escuece
33,087 corpus weight
- esse
esse
33,083 corpus weight
- establecimos
establecimos
33,082 corpus weight
- estafan
estafan
33,081 corpus weight
- estereotipa…
estereotipada
33,080 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɛsə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,918 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɛsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esse, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esse, spelled E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (ich) del presente de indicativo de essen.
- 2Primera persona del singular (ich) del presente de subjuntivo de essen.
- 3Tercera persona del singular (er, sie, es) del presente de subjuntivo de essen.
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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