isa
[ˈisa]
The verdict
“isa” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,738 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,738
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estilo musical vocal, en ritmo de tres cuartos, típico de las Islas Canarias.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | isa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈisa] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #17,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “isa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for isa is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈisa]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,738 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for isa, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "it", "ix", "IU", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is isa, spelled I-S-A.
Definition
- 1Estilo musical vocal, en ritmo de tres cuartos, típico de las Islas Canarias.
- 2Danza típica que se ejecuta al compás de esa música.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “isa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈisa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “it” - see the side-by-side comparison. isa vs it
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.