esto
[ˈest̪o]
The verdict
“esto” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #66 in Spanish word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #66
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Empleado para indicar una cosa cercana en espacio o tiempo. Forma del neutro de este.
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 | esto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈest̪o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for esto is 4 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈest̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #66 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Empleado para indicar una cosa cercana en espacio o tiempo. Forma del neutro de este.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for esto, with forms such as "esot", "essto", and "estto". 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", "eta", "evo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esto, spelled E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Empleado para indicar una cosa cercana en espacio o tiempo. Forma del neutro de este.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esot,essto,estto,etso,seto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esto - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “esto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈest̪o] (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. esto 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.