mozzarella

[musaˈɾela]

/[musaˈɾela]/ noun

The verdict

“mozzarella” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,944 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,944
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Queso fresco de cuajada estirada preparado con leche de búfala o de vaca, en formas redondas o trenzadas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mozzarella · mozzarella · Spanish

mozzarella · rank #57,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,944
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH movería

Nearest frequency peer: movería (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mozzarella”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mozzarella” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mozzarella
PropertyValue
Headwordmozzarella
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[musaˈɾela]
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,944
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mozzarella” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).mozzarellacae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “movería” (#57,943), “muslim” (#57,945), “muérete” (#57,946). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mozzarella” va en #57,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mozzarella is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,944 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [musaˈɾela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Queso fresco de cuajada estirada preparado con leche de búfala o de vaca, en formas redondas o trenzadas.".

mozzarella doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mozzarella, spelled M-O-Z-Z-A-R-E-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Queso fresco de cuajada estirada preparado con leche de búfala o de vaca, en formas redondas o trenzadas.

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 "mozzarella"?
"mozzarella" is spelled M-O-Z-Z-A-R-E-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [musaˈɾela].
What does "mozzarella" mean?
As a noun, "mozzarella" means: Queso fresco de cuajada estirada preparado con leche de búfala o de vaca, en formas redondas o trenzadas.
How do you pronounce "mozzarella"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mozzarella" is [musaˈɾela]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mozzarella" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mozzarella", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list