Español homophones
masa/massa/maza
"masa" is a noun; "massa" is an adjective - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "masa" arrives as a noun, while "massa" is an adjective. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mas" then splits - "masa" (4 letters) vs "massa" (5).
- Shared stem "ma" then splits - "masa" (4 letters) vs "maza" (4).
- Shared stem "ma" then splits - "massa" (5 letters) vs "maza" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across masa, massa, maza: am. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
masa
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory ams · private s
massa
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory ams · private s
maza
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory amz · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "masa" when you mean: Sustancia blanda que puede fácilmente moldearse, y que es producida de la mezcla de líquidos y polvos.
- Write "massa" when you mean: Demasiado, excesivo.
- Write "maza" when you mean: Arma antigua, hecha de palo guarnecido de hierro, o toda de hierro, con la cabeza gruesa.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.