jarra

[ˈxara]

/[ˈxara]/ noun

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The verdict

“jarra” sits in 17 confusable pairs (corpus #22,748) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#22,748
frequency rank, Spanish
645
“J” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vasija de barro, cristal u otro material con el cuello y boca anchos y una o más asas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-jarra · jarra · Spanish

jarra · rank #22,748 · 4 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,748
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 645
  • PHOTO-FINISH jardinería

Nearest frequency peer: jardinería (-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 “jarra”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “jarra” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

jarra vs java
60% similar
jarra vs jura
60% similar
jarra vs jaula
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for jarra
PropertyValue
Headwordjarra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxara]
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,748
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “jarra”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.jarracae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “jardinería” (#22,747), “jesuita” (#22,749), “Isabella” (#22,746). Entre 645 lemas con “J”, “jarra” va en #22,748. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for jarra is neighbouring look-alikes ("java", "jura", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈxara]. Frequency #22,748 among 645 “J” headwords. Gloss: "Vasija de barro, cristal u otro material con el cuello y boca anchos y una o más asas.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for jarra, with forms such as "ajrra", "jarar", and "jjarra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "java", "jura", "jaula", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is jarra, spelled J-A-R-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vasija de barro, cristal u otro material con el cuello y boca anchos y una o más asas.

Synonyms

pichel

This word in other languages

pitcher(English)pichet(Français)Krug(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajrra
  • jarar
  • jjarra
  • jrara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jarra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ajrra2jarar2jjarra1jrara2
Edit distance from "jarra"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jarra"?
"jarra" is spelled J-A-R-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxara].
What does "jarra" mean?
As a noun, "jarra" means: Vasija de barro, cristal u otro material con el cuello y boca anchos y una o más asas.
What words are commonly confused with "jarra"?
"jarra" is commonly confused with "java", "jura", "jaula". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jarra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jarra" is [ˈxara]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jarra" come from?
"jarra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jarra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kitty#22,752imita#22,729halle#22,718momia#22,778

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list