driza

[ˈd̪ɾisa]

/[ˈd̪ɾisa]/ noun

The verdict

“driza” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cabo usado para izar o amurar las velas de una nave

Corpus desk

Index ES-driza · driza · Spanish

driza · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for driza
PropertyValue
Headworddriza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪ɾisa]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “driza” sits in Spanish frequency

driza falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

driza is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪ɾisa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cabo usado para izar o amurar las velas de una nave".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for driza, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 driza, spelled D-R-I-Z-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cabo usado para izar o amurar las velas de una nave

This word in other languages

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "driza"?
"driza" is spelled D-R-I-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪ɾisa].
What does "driza" mean?
As a noun, "driza" means: Cabo usado para izar o amurar las velas de una nave
How do you pronounce "driza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "driza" is [ˈd̪ɾisa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "driza" come from?
"driza" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list