grasa

/[ˈgɾasa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,794

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grasa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sustancia orgánica formada por varios ácidos grasos unidos a un alcohol, normalmente glicerol, componiendo así un ester. Por su alta energía química, las grasas son la forma elegida por los organis... Pronounced [ˈgɾasa]. It ranks #4,794 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gris and gray.

Key facts for grasa
PropertyValue
Headwordgrasa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾasa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,794
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grasa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,794 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for grasa, with forms such as "garsa", "ggrasa", and "graas". 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, "gris", "gray", "grúa", 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 grasa, spelled G-R-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
    Sustancia orgánica formada por varios ácidos grasos unidos a un alcohol, normalmente glicerol, componiendo así un ester. Por su alta energía química, las grasas son la forma elegida por los organismos para almacenar la energía obtenida en el metabolismo de los alimentos.
  2. 2
    Tejido de los animales rico en grasa₁ en forma de adipocitos, cuya función es el almacenamiento de energía, así como el mantenimiento de la temperatura corporal y la secreción de algunas hormonas. El exceso de este tipo de tejido es la condición clínica conocida como gordura.
  3. 3
    Este tejido de origen animal, extraído para su uso como alimento, sea en forma pura o parcialmente refinado y homogeneizado.
  4. 4
    Hidrocarburo utilizado como lubricante por su viscosidad.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garsa,ggrasa,graas,grassa,grrasa,grsaa,rgasa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grasa

Misspelling Variants of "grasa"

garsa5ggrasa6graas5grassa6grrasa6grsaa5rgasa5
Misspelling Variants of "grasa"

Frequency rank: #4,794 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grasa"?
"grasa" is spelled G-R-A-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾasa].
What does "grasa" mean?
As a noun, "grasa" means: Sustancia orgánica formada por varios ácidos grasos unidos a un alcohol, normalmente glicerol, componiendo así un ester. Por su alta energía química, las grasas son la forma elegida por los organis...
What words are commonly confused with "grasa"?
"grasa" is commonly confused with "gris", "gray", "grúa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grasa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grasa" is [ˈgɾasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grasa" come from?
"grasa" 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.