masilla
[maˈsiʝa]
The verdict
“masilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,439 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,439
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquier material moldeable, similar a la arcilla, usado para rellenar o sellar agujeros y roturas en elementos constructivos, generalmente de madera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-masilla · masilla · Spanish
masilla · rank #70,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,439
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH matados
Nearest frequency peer: matados (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “masilla”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- manilla
manilla
29,566 corpus weight
- margin
margin
29,565 corpus weight
- Maricarmen
Maricarmen
29,564 corpus weight
- masilla
masilla
29,562 corpus weight
- matados
matados
29,561 corpus weight
- matutinos
matutinos
29,559 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “masilla” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈsiʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “masilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
masilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,439 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈsiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cualquier material moldeable, similar a la arcilla, usado para rellenar o sellar agujeros y roturas en elementos constructivos, generalmente de madera.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for masilla, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is masilla, spelled M-A-S-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquier material moldeable, similar a la arcilla, usado para rellenar o sellar agujeros y roturas en elementos constructivos, generalmente de madera.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.