massa
[ˈma.sa]
The verdict
“massa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,613) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,613
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demasiado, excesivo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-massa · massa · Spanish
massa · rank #11,613 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,613
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH marítima
Nearest frequency peer: marítima (-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 “massa”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- Líbano
Líbano
88,391 corpus weight
- manifestar
manifestar
88,390 corpus weight
- marítima
marítima
88,389 corpus weight
- massa
massa
88,388 corpus weight
- mediocre
mediocre
88,387 corpus weight
- metieron
metieron
88,386 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “massa” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | massa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈma.sa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “massa”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for massa is neighbouring look-alikes ("mesa", "mata", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈma.sa]. Frequency #11,613 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Demasiado, excesivo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for massa, with forms such as "amssa", "masas", and "mmassa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mesa", "mata", "misa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is massa, spelled M-A-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1Demasiado, excesivo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amssa
- masas
- mmassa
- msasa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of massa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "massa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).