esta
[ˈest̪a]
The verdict
“esta” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #33) as an unknown. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #33
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de este₂.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esta · esta · Spanish
esta · rank #33 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #33
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH sus
Nearest frequency peer: sus (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “esta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- le
le
99,971 corpus weight
- este
este
99,970 corpus weight
- sus
sus
99,969 corpus weight
- esta
esta
99,968 corpus weight
- todo
todo
99,967 corpus weight
- ya
ya
99,966 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “esta” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Dónde se sitúa “esta” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for esta is neighbouring look-alikes ("et", "Eva", …), not just typos; it is anunknown pronounced [ˈest̪a]. Frequency #33 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Gloss: "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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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What to do next
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- "esta" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "et". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #33 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.