losa

[ˈlosa]

/[ˈlosa]/ noun

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The verdict

“losa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,124) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#23,124
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piedra plana y de poco grosor, usada para pavimentar, revestir una construcción, y otros usos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-losa · losa · Spanish

losa · rank #23,124 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,124
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH listados

Nearest frequency peer: listados (-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 “losa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “losa” 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).

losa vs low
50% similar
losa vs Lou
25% similar
losa vs lot
50% similar

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

Key facts for losa
PropertyValue
Headwordlosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlosa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,124
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “losa”

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “listados” (#23,123), “lápida” (#23,125), “licores” (#23,122). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “losa” va en #23,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for losa is neighbouring look-alikes ("low", "Lou", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈlosa]. Frequency #23,124 among 2,069 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for losa, including "lossa" and "lsoa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "low", "Lou", "lot", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 losa, spelled L-O-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Piedra plana y de poco grosor, usada para pavimentar, revestir una construcción, y otros usos.
  2. 2
    Placa de piedra u otro material con que se cubre una sepultura.
  3. 3
    Placa de hormigón con que se reparte la carga de un edificio en una superficie amplia, para cimentarlo o contruir en altura.

This word in other languages

slab(English)dalle(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lossa
  • lsoa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of losa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lossa1lsoa2
Edit distance from "losa"

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 "losa"?
"losa" is spelled L-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlosa].
What does "losa" mean?
As a noun, "losa" means: Piedra plana y de poco grosor, usada para pavimentar, revestir una construcción, y otros usos.
What words are commonly confused with "losa"?
"losa" is commonly confused with "low", "Lou", "lot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "losa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "losa" is [ˈlosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "losa" come from?
"losa" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

left#23,120Kirk#23,113kill#23,112mimo#23,137

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list