bolita de masa
[boˈlit̪a ð̞e ˈmasa]
The verdict
“bolita de masa” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bolita de masa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [boˈlit̪a ð̞e ˈmasa] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bolita de masa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bolita de masa is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈlit̪a ð̞e ˈmasa]. 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: "Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.".
bolita de masa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bolita de masa, spelled B-O-L-I-T-A- -D-E- -M-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1Porción de masa de maíz, mezclada con sal, generalmente manteca y a veces otros condimentos como epazote, y se incluye en muchos caldos y guisados de la cocina mexicana.
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 “bolita de masa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-L-I-T-A- -D-E- -M-A-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈlit̪a ð̞e ˈmasa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.