estrella de mar
[esˈt̪ɾeʝa ð̞e ˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“estrella de mar” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Asteroideo de cuerpo comprimido, con forma de estrella de cinco puntas y totalmente cubierto por una concha caliza. Por la parte inferior salen multitud de piececillos carnosos que rodean la boca, ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrella de mar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [esˈt̪ɾeʝa ð̞e ˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estrella de mar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for estrella de mar is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [esˈt̪ɾeʝa ð̞e ˈmaɾ]. 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: "Asteroideo de cuerpo comprimido, con forma de estrella de cinco puntas y totalmente cubierto por una concha caliza. Por la parte inferior salen multitud de piececillos carnosos que rodean la boca, ...".
estrella de mar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is estrella de mar, spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-L-A- -D-E- -M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Asteroideo de cuerpo comprimido, con forma de estrella de cinco puntas y totalmente cubierto por una concha caliza. Por la parte inferior salen multitud de piececillos carnosos que rodean la boca, y por encima púas semejantes a las del erizo. Habita en el mar a profundidades muy distintas.
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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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- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-S-T-R-E-L-L-A- -D-E- -M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.