karma

/[ˈkaɾma]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,745

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

karma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Energía que surge a partir de los actos de un individuo durante su vida y que condiciona todas y cada una de sus sucesivas reencarnaciones, hasta alcanzar un estado de perfección. Pronounced [ˈkaɾma]. It ranks #7,745 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with kart and Karol.

Key facts for karma
PropertyValue
Headwordkarma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaɾma]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,745
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for karma is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,745 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for karma, with forms such as "akrma", "kamra", and "karam". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "kart", "Karol", "Katia", 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 karma, spelled K-A-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Energía que surge a partir de los actos de un individuo durante su vida y que condiciona todas y cada una de sus sucesivas reencarnaciones, hasta alcanzar un estado de perfección.
  2. 2
    Fuerza espiritual.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: akrma,kamra,karam,karmma,karrma,kkarma,krama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for karma

Misspelling Variants of "karma"

akrma5kamra5karam5karmma6karrma6kkarma6krama5
Misspelling Variants of "karma"

Frequency rank: #7,745 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "karma"?
"karma" is spelled K-A-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaɾma].
What does "karma" mean?
As a noun, "karma" means: Energía que surge a partir de los actos de un individuo durante su vida y que condiciona todas y cada una de sus sucesivas reencarnaciones, hasta alcanzar un estado de perfección.
What words are commonly confused with "karma"?
"karma" is commonly confused with "kart", "Karol", "Katia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "karma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "karma" is [ˈkaɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "karma" come from?
"karma" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our Spanish index:

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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.