norma

/[ˈnoɾma]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,789

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

norma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Escuadra de los carpinteros, canteros y otros artesanos. Pronounced [ˈnoɾma]. It ranks #2,789 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with nota and nova.

Key facts for norma
PropertyValue
Headwordnorma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnoɾma]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,789
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for norma is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnoɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,789 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 norma, with forms such as "nnorma", "nomra", and "noram". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "nota", "nova", "norte", 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 norma, spelled N-O-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Escuadra de los carpinteros, canteros y otros artesanos.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de estándares que le otorgan a un producto una calidad uniforme.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de métodos de obligatorio cumplimiento para el buen desenvolvimiento en algún ámbito.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de criterios que conforman el lenguajes estándar.
  5. 5
    En espacios vectoriales, cualquier función escalar aplicada a un vector que verifique las propiedades de homogeneidad, desigualdad triangular, y de ser mayor o igual a cero con igualdad si y solo si el vector de entrada es nulo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnorma,nomra,noram,normma,norrma,nroma,onrma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for norma

Misspelling Variants of "norma"

nnorma6nomra5noram5normma6norrma6nroma5onrma5
Misspelling Variants of "norma"

Frequency rank: #2,789 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "norma"?
"norma" is spelled N-O-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnoɾma].
What does "norma" mean?
As a noun, "norma" means: Escuadra de los carpinteros, canteros y otros artesanos.
What words are commonly confused with "norma"?
"norma" is commonly confused with "nota", "nova", "norte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "norma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "norma" is [ˈnoɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "norma" come from?
"norma" 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.