isla

/[ˈisla]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#939

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

isla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Territorio rodeado completamente por agua. Pronounced [ˈisla]. It ranks #939 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with IVA and iso.

Key facts for isla
PropertyValue
Headwordisla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈisla]
Letters4
Frequency rank#939
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for isla is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for isla, with forms such as "ilsa", "isal", and "islla". 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, "IVA", "iso", "ita", 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 isla, spelled I-S-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Territorio rodeado completamente por agua.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, entidad rodeada de otras completamente diferentes.
  3. 3
    Por 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for isla

Misspelling Variants of "isla"

ilsa4isal4islla5issla5
Misspelling Variants of "isla"

Frequency rank: #939 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "isla"?
"isla" is spelled I-S-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈisla].
What does "isla" mean?
As a noun, "isla" means: Territorio rodeado completamente por agua.
What words are commonly confused with "isla"?
"isla" is commonly confused with "IVA", "iso", "ita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "isla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "isla" is [ˈisla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "isla" come from?
"isla" 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.