mosca

/[ˈmoska]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,712

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mosca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nombre que se da a numerosos insectos voladores de la familia de los múscidos, que poseen dos alas transparentes, y un aparato bucal chupador o uno punzante. Pronounced [ˈmoska]. Often confused with mota and musa.

Key facts for mosca
PropertyValue
Headwordmosca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmoska]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,712
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mosca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mosca is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmoska]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,712 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for mosca, with forms such as "mmosca", "mocsa", and "mosac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mota", "musa", "Moya", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mosca, spelled M-O-S-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre que se da a numerosos insectos voladores de la familia de los múscidos, que poseen dos alas transparentes, y un aparato bucal chupador o uno punzante.
  2. 2
    Barba pequeña que se deja sólo bajo el labio inferior y que no incluye el mentón.
  3. 3
    Cebo artificial que simula una mosca, usado con la caña de pescar.
  4. 4
    Persona desagradable y molesta.
  5. 5
    Dinero.
  6. 6
    Disgusto, molestia.
  7. 7
    Pasajero clandestino que viaja agarrándose de las partes exteriores de un vehículo.
  8. 8
    Guardaespaldas o escolta.
  9. 9
    Logotipo de un canal de televisión, que suele situarse en algún rincón de la pantalla, para que estorbe menos.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmosca,mocsa,mosac,moscca,mossca,msoca,omsca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mosca

Misspelling Variants of "mosca"

mmosca6mocsa5mosac5moscca6mossca6msoca5omsca5
Misspelling Variants of "mosca"

Frequency rank: #10,712 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mosca"?
"mosca" is spelled M-O-S-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmoska].
What does "mosca" mean?
As a noun, "mosca" means: Nombre que se da a numerosos insectos voladores de la familia de los múscidos, que poseen dos alas transparentes, y un aparato bucal chupador o uno punzante.
What words are commonly confused with "mosca"?
"mosca" is commonly confused with "mota", "musa", "Moya". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mosca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mosca" is [ˈmoska]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mosca" come from?
"mosca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.