esta
[ˈest̪a]
The verdict
“esta” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #33 in Spanish word frequency and used as an unknown.
- #33
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de este₂.
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 | esta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈest̪a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #33 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for esta is 4 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈest̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #33 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de este₂.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for esta, with forms such as "esat", "essta", and "estta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "et", "Eva", "eta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 esta, spelled E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de este₂.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esat,essta,estta,etsa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “esta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈest̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “et” - see the side-by-side comparison. esta vs et
- 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.