mortaja
[moɾˈt̪axa]
The verdict
“mortaja” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,133 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,133
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vestidura simple con que se envuelve a los difuntos para su entierro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mortaja · mortaja · Spanish
mortaja · rank #67,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,133
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mordía
Nearest frequency peer: mordía (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mortaja”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- misivas
misivas
32,875 corpus weight
- montonero
montonero
32,871 corpus weight
- mordía
mordía
32,870 corpus weight
- mortaja
mortaja
32,868 corpus weight
- míseros
míseros
32,863 corpus weight
- nadaba
nadaba
32,862 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mortaja” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mortaja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moɾˈt̪axa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mortaja” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mortaja is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,133 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moɾˈt̪axa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mortaja in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is mortaja, spelled M-O-R-T-A-J-A.
Definition
- 1Vestidura simple con que se envuelve a los difuntos para su entierro.
- 2Hoja de papel con que se enrolla el contenido de un cigarrillo.
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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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