nasa

/[ˈnasa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,601

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

nasa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cesta de red o mimbre, en forma de embudo, usada para la pesca Pronounced [ˈnasa]. It ranks #7,601 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with nat and nea.

Key facts for nasa
PropertyValue
Headwordnasa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnasa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,601
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nasa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,601 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for nasa, with forms such as "ansa", "naas", and "nassa". 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, "nat", "nea", "nota", 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 nasa, spelled N-A-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cesta de red o mimbre, en forma de embudo, usada para la pesca
  2. 2
    Cesta para llevar pescado
  3. 3
    Tinaja para alimentos no perecederos

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ansa,naas,nassa,nnasa,nsaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nasa

Misspelling Variants of "nasa"

ansa4naas4nassa5nnasa5nsaa4
Misspelling Variants of "nasa"

Frequency rank: #7,601 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nasa"?
"nasa" is spelled N-A-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnasa].
What does "nasa" mean?
As a noun, "nasa" means: Cesta de red o mimbre, en forma de embudo, usada para la pesca
What words are commonly confused with "nasa"?
"nasa" is commonly confused with "nat", "nea", "nota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nasa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nasa" is [ˈnasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nasa" come from?
"nasa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Spanish index:

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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.