murta
[ˈmuɾt̪a]
The verdict
“murta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Myrtus communis) Arbusto o pequeño árbol de la familia de las mirtáceas, nativo de Europa meridional y el norte de África. Es una planta de follaje siempreverde, de hojas brillantes y perfumadas; ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | murta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmuɾt̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “murta” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
murta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmuɾt̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
murta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 murta, spelled M-U-R-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Myrtus communis) Arbusto o pequeño árbol de la familia de las mirtáceas, nativo de Europa meridional y el norte de África. Es una planta de follaje siempreverde, de hojas brillantes y perfumadas; sus flores son blancas, con cinco pétalos y numerosos estambres; y su fruto es una baya de color azulado.
- 2La fruta que produce este arbusto, una baya.
- 3Por analogía, Ugni molinae, arbusto de la familia de las mirtáceas, natural de los bosques templados del sur de Chile y Argentina, que se cultiva por sus frutos para uso en gastronomía. Alcanza los 4 m de altura; es de hoja perenne, lanceolada, de color verde oscuro, con la copa densa y apretada. Florece a finales de primavera, dando flores hermafroditas de forma acampanada y color blanco, rosado o purpúreo. El fruto madura hacia mediados del verano; es una baya globosa, de color rojo intenso y entre 5 y 15 milímetros de diámetro. Se utiliza en repostería y la fabricación de mermeladas, jugos y chocolates, así como para la elaboración de licores.
- 4Fruto de este arbusto.
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Using “murta”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-U-R-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmuɾt̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.