Eva
[ˈeβ̞a]
The verdict
“Eva” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,002 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #5,002
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer.
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 | Eva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈeβ̞a] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #5,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eva” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Eva is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,002 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de mujer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eva, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ex", "ey", "evo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Eva, spelled E-V-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer.
This word in other languages
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 “Eva”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ex” - see the side-by-side comparison. Eva vs ex
- 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.