estable
[esˈt̪aβ̞le]
The verdict
“estable” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,160 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,160
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capacidad de permanecer constante o que se mantiene firme y sin cambios.
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 | estable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [esˈt̪aβ̞le] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estable” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for estable is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈt̪aβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,160 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for estable, with forms such as "esatble", "esstable", and "estabble". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "estaré", "estate", "estalla", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is estable, spelled E-S-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Capacidad de permanecer constante o que se mantiene firme y sin cambios.
- 2Elemento o compuesto que al sufrir la acción de agentes externos químicos o térmicos no produce reacción o no modifica sus características.
- 3Que es capaz de permanecer en una posición sólida sin riesgo de caerse, romperse o estropearse.
- 4Dicho de una persona, cuyo estado de salud no varía.
- 5Dicho de un sistema: que la señal de salida permanece acotada siempre y cuando la señal de entrada permanezca acotada.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esatble,esstable,estabble,estabel,establle,estalbe,estavle,estbale,esttable,etsable,setable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estable - 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 “estable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [esˈt̪aβ̞le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estaré” - see the side-by-side comparison. estable vs estaré
- 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.