camisa

/[kaˈmisa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,975

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

camisa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Prenda de vestir, generalmente con mangas y cuellos, que cubre la zona del cuerpo humano comprendida entre el cuello y la cintura. Habitualmente se abrocha por delante mediante botones. Pronounced [kaˈmisa]. It ranks #4,975 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with casa and causa.

Key facts for camisa
PropertyValue
Headwordcamisa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈmisa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,975
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of camisa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for camisa is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈmisa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,975 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for camisa, with forms such as "acmisa", "caimsa", and "camias". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "casa", "causa", "comía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is camisa, spelled C-A-M-I-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prenda de vestir, generalmente con mangas y cuellos, que cubre la zona del cuerpo humano comprendida entre el cuello y la cintura. Habitualmente se abrocha por delante mediante botones.
  2. 2
    Prenda de vestir que va directamente sobre el torso y llega hasta la cintura o más abajo
  3. 3
    Papel tosco, sobre el que luego se pone el papel fino, con que se empapela una habitación.
  4. 4
    Revestimiento de los muros que están blanqueados con yeso o cal.
  5. 5
    Telilla que tienen los frutos, granos o legumbres, tales como las castañas, nueces y habas.
  6. 6
    Revestimiento interno de los hornos, hecho con ladrillos refractarios.
  7. 7
    Revestimiento interno de diversos aparatos y piezas mecánicas.
  8. 8
    Capa metálica que envuelve un proyectil.
  9. 9
    Papel que recubre las tapas de un libro.
  10. 10
    Papel que recubre y protege un expediente.
  11. 11
    Piel de las serpientes, que se desprende periódicamente a causa del crecimiento.
  12. 12
    Pieza metálica con agujeros o en forma de red, que rodea la fuente de calor en aparatos de iluminación o calefactores.
  13. 13
    Acción o efecto de menstruar.
  14. 14
    Vestidura blanca que se pone un sacerdote para efectuar ciertos rituales.
  15. 15
    En el juego de naipes, número de tantos que toma cada jugador para saber después cuánto gana o pierde.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acmisa,caimsa,camias,camissa,cammisa,camsia,ccamisa,cmaisa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for camisa

Misspelling Variants of "camisa"

acmisa6caimsa6camias6camissa7cammisa7camsia6ccamisa7cmaisa6
Misspelling Variants of "camisa"

Frequency rank: #4,975 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "camisa"?
"camisa" is spelled C-A-M-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈmisa].
What does "camisa" mean?
As a noun, "camisa" means: Prenda de vestir, generalmente con mangas y cuellos, que cubre la zona del cuerpo humano comprendida entre el cuello y la cintura. Habitualmente se abrocha por delante mediante botones.
What words are commonly confused with "camisa"?
"camisa" is commonly confused with "casa", "causa", "comía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "camisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "camisa" is [kaˈmisa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "camisa" come from?
"camisa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.