# missa

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,900

## Definitions
1. a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)

## Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin missa (“mass”).

## Easily confused with
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-msa)
- **Mss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mss)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-moss)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mist)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-musa)
- **MRSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mrsa)
- **misty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-misty)
- **Missy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-missy)
- **mists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mists)
- **mitra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mitra)
- **mossy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mossy)
- **missed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-missed)
- **Misses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-misses)
- **misuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-misuse)
- **Mossad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-mossad)
- **missus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/missa-vs-missus)
- **MIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mia-vs-missa)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miss-vs-missa)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mass-vs-missa)
- **mess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mess-vs-missa)

## Common misspellings (5)
`imssa`, `misa`, `misas`, `mmissa`, `msisa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/missa