misa

[ˈmisa]

/[ˈmisa]/ noun

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The verdict

“misa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,727) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,727
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oficio religioso cristiano.

Corpus desk

Index ES-misa · misa · Spanish

misa · rank #4,727 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,727
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH Miranda

Nearest frequency peer: Miranda (-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 “misa”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “misa” 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).

misa vs mix
50% similar
misa vs mit
50% similar
misa vs Mrs
25% similar

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

Key facts for misa
PropertyValue
Headwordmisa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmisa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,727
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “misa”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Miranda” (#4,726), “motores” (#4,728), “metido” (#4,725). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “misa” va en #4,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for misa is neighbouring look-alikes ("mix", "mit", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈmisa]. Frequency #4,727 among 3,868 “M” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for misa, with forms such as "imsa", "missa", and "mmisa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mix", "mit", "Mrs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is misa, spelled M-I-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oficio religioso cristiano.
  2. 2
    Composición coral, o coral e instrumental, basada en el texto de la misa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how misa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Más tarde, cuando Úrsula se empeñó en que remedios, la bella, asistiera a mantilla con la cara cubierta con una mantilla, Amarante pensó que aquel recurso misterioso resultaría tan provocador, que muy pronto habría un hombre lo bastante intrigado como para buscar con paciencia el punto débil de su corazón.

This word in other languages

mass(English)messe(Français)Messe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imsa
  • missa
  • mmisa
  • msia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of misa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imsa2missa1mmisa1msia2
Edit distance from "misa"

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 "misa"?
"misa" is spelled M-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmisa].
What does "misa" mean?
As a noun, "misa" means: Oficio religioso cristiano.
What words are commonly confused with "misa"?
"misa" is commonly confused with "mix", "mit", "Mrs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "misa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "misa" is [ˈmisa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "misa" come from?
"misa" 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 "misa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pozo#4,740fija#4,710this#4,753anna#4,763

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list