euskera

/[ewsˈkeɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,057

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

euskera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lengua aislada hablada en Navarra, el País Vasco y el sudoeste de Francia. Es una de las pocas lenguas habladas actualmente en Europa que no desciende del tronco indoeuropeo. Pronounced [ewsˈkeɾa]. Often confused with espera and esfera.

Key facts for euskera
PropertyValue
Headwordeuskera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ewsˈkeɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,057
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of euskera in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for euskera is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ewsˈkeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,057 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lengua aislada hablada en Navarra, el País Vasco y el sudoeste de Francia. Es una de las pocas lenguas habladas actualmente en Europa que no desciende del tronco indoeuropeo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for euskera, with forms such as "esukera", "euksera", and "eusekra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "espera", "esfera", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is euskera, spelled E-U-S-K-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lengua aislada hablada en Navarra, el País Vasco y el sudoeste de Francia. Es una de las pocas lenguas habladas actualmente en Europa que no desciende del tronco indoeuropeo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esukera,euksera,eusekra,euskear,euskerra,euskkera,euskrea,eusskera,ueskera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for euskera

Misspelling Variants of "euskera"

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Misspelling Variants of "euskera"

Frequency rank: #23,057 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "euskera"?
"euskera" is spelled E-U-S-K-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ewsˈkeɾa].
What does "euskera" mean?
As a noun, "euskera" means: Lengua aislada hablada en Navarra, el País Vasco y el sudoeste de Francia. Es una de las pocas lenguas habladas actualmente en Europa que no desciende del tronco indoeuropeo.
What words are commonly confused with "euskera"?
"euskera" is commonly confused with "espera", "esfera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "euskera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "euskera" is [ewsˈkeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "euskera" come from?
"euskera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.