exa-
[ˈeksa]
The verdict
“exa-” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a prefix - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Factor algebraico que indica un trillón (10¹⁸) de veces, de símbolo E. Precede a unidades de medición, tal como en exabyte, que –por estar expresado en prefijo binario– el exponente es 260: 10²⁶⁰.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exa- |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [ˈeksa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exa-” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for exa- is 4 letters long, classified as a prefix, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeksa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Factor algebraico que indica un trillón (10¹⁸) de veces, de símbolo E. Precede a unidades de medición, tal como en exabyte, que –por estar expresado en prefijo binario– el exponente es 260: 10²⁶⁰.".
No misspelling variants are generated for exa- in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is exa-, spelled E-X-A--.
Definition
- 1Factor algebraico que indica un trillón (10¹⁸) de veces, de símbolo E. Precede a unidades de medición, tal como en exabyte, que –por estar expresado en prefijo binario– el exponente es 260: 10²⁶⁰.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “exa-”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-A-- - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeksa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.