iza
[ˈisa]
The verdict
“iza” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #49,092) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #49,092
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de izar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-iza · iza · Spanish
iza · rank #49,092 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,092
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH irresistibles
Nearest frequency peer: irresistibles (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “iza”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- Irish
Irish
50,913 corpus weight
- irremediable
irremediable
50,911 corpus weight
- irresistibl…
irresistibles
50,910 corpus weight
- iza
iza
50,909 corpus weight
- jabalina
jabalina
50,908 corpus weight
- jalan
jalan
50,907 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “iza” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | iza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈisa] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #49,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “iza”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for iza is neighbouring look-alikes ("I", "ir", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈisa]. Frequency #49,092 among 3,428 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No generated misspelling entries exist for iza in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "I", "ir", "ii", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is iza, spelled I-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de izar.
- 2Mujer que presta servicios sexuales por dinero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how iza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La coima y los chulamos Lo eran sin comparacion: Muquian de golloria, Piaban de mogollon. Allí hablara la iza Una godeña razon.
Avizorad las linternas: que en pendencias amorosas los chismosos y soplones merecen ejecutoria. Decí a Cardoncha que venga en zapatos por la posta; que la iza le merece aun el volar por lisonja.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).