maestra

/[maˈest̪ɾa]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,860

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

maestra is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino singular de maestro. Pronounced [maˈest̪ɾa]. It ranks #3,860 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mantra and mestre.

Key facts for maestra
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Headwordmaestra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[maˈest̪ɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,860
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for maestra is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈest̪ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,860 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino singular de maestro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for maestra, with forms such as "amestra", "maesrta", and "maesstra". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "mantra", "mestre", "mesura", 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 maestra, spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de maestro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amestra,maesrta,maesstra,maestar,maestrra,maesttra,maetsra,masetra,meastra,mmaestra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for maestra

Misspelling Variants of "maestra"

amestra7maesrta7maesstra8maestar7maestrra8maesttra8maetsra7masetra7
Misspelling Variants of "maestra"

Frequency rank: #3,860 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maestra"?
"maestra" is spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈest̪ɾa].
What does "maestra" mean?
As an adj, "maestra" means: Forma del femenino singular de maestro.
What words are commonly confused with "maestra"?
"maestra" is commonly confused with "mantra", "mestre", "mesura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maestra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maestra" is [maˈest̪ɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maestra" come from?
"maestra" 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.