morsa
[ˈmoɾsa]
The verdict
“morsa” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,735 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Odobenus rosmarus) Mamífero pinnípedo semiacuático de gran tamaño que habita en los mares ártico. Los machos superan los 3,5 m de largo y los 1.800 kg de peso, con el cuerpo fusiforme y las extrem...
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 | morsa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoɾsa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morsa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for morsa is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmoɾsa]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,735 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Odobenus rosmarus) Mamífero pinnípedo semiacuático de gran tamaño que habita en los mares ártico. Los machos superan los 3,5 m de largo y los 1.800 kg de peso, con el cuerpo fusiforme y las extrem...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for morsa, with forms such as "mmorsa", "moras", and "morrsa". 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, "Mrs", "mota", "musa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is morsa, spelled M-O-R-S-A.
Definition
- 1(Odobenus rosmarus) Mamífero pinnípedo semiacuático de gran tamaño que habita en los mares ártico. Los machos superan los 3,5 m de largo y los 1.800 kg de peso, con el cuerpo fusiforme y las extremidades reducidas a aletas; su rasgo más distintivo es la extrema longitud de los colmillos, que salen de la boca superando los 50 cm de longitud. La piel es gruesa, cubierta de un corto y duro pelaje, y poseen una importante capa de grasa subcutánea. Son piscívoros. Forman manadas numerosas, y alcanzan los 50 años de edad.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmorsa,moras,morrsa,morssa,mosra,mrosa,omrsa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morsa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “morsa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-R-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmoɾsa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mrs” - see the side-by-side comparison. morsa vs Mrs
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.