Asmara
[asˈmaɾa]
The verdict
“Asmara” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capital de Eritrea.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asmara · Asmara · Spanish
Asmara · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asmara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [asˈmaɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Asmara” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Asmara is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [asˈmaɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capital de Eritrea.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Asmara, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Asmara, spelled A-S-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Capital de Eritrea.
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.