gasa

/[ˈgasa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,142

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gasa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tela muy ligera y casi transparente. Pronounced [ˈgasa]. Often confused with gay and GPS.

Key facts for gasa
PropertyValue
Headwordgasa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgasa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,142
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for gasa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,142 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for gasa, with forms such as "agsa", "gaas", and "gassa". 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, "gay", "GPS", "Gus", 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 gasa, spelled G-A-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tela muy ligera y casi transparente.
  2. 2
    Pieza o tira de gasa₁.
  3. 3
    En particular, gasa₂ de color negro que se viste en señal de luto.
  4. 4
    En particular, gasa₂ esterilizada que se emplea para cubrir y proteger heridas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agsa,gaas,gassa,ggasa,gsaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gasa

Misspelling Variants of "gasa"

agsa4gaas4gassa5ggasa5gsaa4
Misspelling Variants of "gasa"

Frequency rank: #33,142 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gasa"?
"gasa" is spelled G-A-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgasa].
What does "gasa" mean?
As a noun, "gasa" means: Tela muy ligera y casi transparente.
What words are commonly confused with "gasa"?
"gasa" is commonly confused with "gay", "GPS", "Gus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gasa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gasa" is [ˈgasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gasa" come from?
"gasa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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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.