isla
[ˈisla]
The verdict
“isla” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #939 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #939
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Territorio rodeado completamente por agua.
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 | isla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈisla] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “isla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for isla is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈisla]. Corpus data places it at rank #939 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for isla, with forms such as "ilsa", "isal", and "islla". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "IVA", "iso", "ita", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is isla, spelled I-S-L-A.
Definition
- 1Territorio rodeado completamente por agua.
- 2Por extensión, entidad rodeada de otras completamente diferentes.
- 3Por extensión, entidad sin contacto con lo que lo rodea.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilsa,isal,islla,issla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of isla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “isla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-S-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈisla] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “IVA” - see the side-by-side comparison. isla vs IVA
- 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.