estaño

[esˈt̪aɲo]

/[esˈt̪aɲo]/ noun

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The verdict

“estaño” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,629
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elemento químico metálico, cuyo número atómico es el 50 y que está situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con el símbolo Sn.

Corpus desk

Index ES-estano · estaño · Spanish

estaño · rank #25,629 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,629
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH Esquivel

Nearest frequency peer: Esquivel (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “estaño”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “estaño” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

estaño vs esto
67% similar
estaño vs estar
67% similar
estaño vs estás
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for estaño
PropertyValue
Headwordestaño
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[esˈt̪aɲo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,629
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “estaño”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.estañocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Esquivel” (#25,628), “estimo” (#25,630), “esclavas” (#25,627). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “estaño” va en #25,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around estaño (IPA [esˈt̪aɲo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,629 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Elemento químico metálico, cuyo número atómico es el 50 y que está situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con el símbolo Sn.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for estaño, with forms such as "esatño", "esstaño", and "estaoñ". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "esto", "estar", "estás", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is estaño, spelled E-S-T-A-Ñ-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento químico metálico, cuyo número atómico es el 50 y que está situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con el símbolo Sn.

This word in other languages

tin(English)étain(Français)Zinn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esatño
  • esstaño
  • estaoñ
  • esttaño
  • estñao
  • etsaño
  • setaño

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estaño - 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.

esatño2esstaño1estaoñ2esttaño1estñao2etsaño2setaño2
Edit distance from "estaño"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estaño"?
"estaño" is spelled E-S-T-A-Ñ-O. The IPA pronunciation is [esˈt̪aɲo].
What does "estaño" mean?
As a noun, "estaño" means: Elemento químico metálico, cuyo número atómico es el 50 y que está situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con el símbolo Sn.
What words are commonly confused with "estaño"?
"estaño" is commonly confused with "esto", "estar", "estás". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estaño"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estaño" is [esˈt̪aɲo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estaño" come from?
"estaño" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estaño", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estimo#25,630errado#25,626empero#25,618flojos#25,643

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

frita7 variantsdupla7 variantsDubái7 variantsdecena7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list