estoy
[esˈt̪oj]
The verdict
“estoy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #96. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #96
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de estar o de estarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estoy · estoy · Spanish
estoy · rank #96 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #96
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estado
Nearest frequency peer: estado (-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 “estoy”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gente
gente
99,909 corpus weight
- esa
esa
99,907 corpus weight
- estado
estado
99,906 corpus weight
- estoy
estoy
99,905 corpus weight
- mundo
mundo
99,904 corpus weight
- va
va
99,903 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estoy” 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 | estoy |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [esˈt̪oj] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “estoy” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around estoy (IPA [esˈt̪oj]), averb. Corpus frequency is #96 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de estar o de estarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for estoy, with forms such as "esoty", "esstoy", and "estoyy". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "eso", "est", "este", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is estoy, spelled E-S-T-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de estar o de estarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esoty
- esstoy
- estoyy
- esttoy
- estyo
- etsoy
- setoy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estoy - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estoy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "estoy". Here's where to go from here.
- "estoy" maps to 17 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "eso". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #96 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.