ethnic
/ˈɛθ.nɪk/
The verdict
“ethnic” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,908 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,908
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Étnico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ethnic |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛθ.nɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ethnic” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ethnic is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,908 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɛθ.nɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étnico.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ethnic in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ethnic, spelled E-T-H-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Étnico.
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 “ethnic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-T-H-N-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.