obscena

/[oβ̞ˈsena]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,050

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

obscena is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino singular de obsceno. Pronounced [oβ̞ˈsena]. Often confused with obsceno and obscenas.

Key facts for obscena
PropertyValue
Headwordobscena
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[oβ̞ˈsena]
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,050
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obscena is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞ˈsena]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,050 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino singular de obsceno.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for obscena, with forms such as "boscena", "obbscena", and "obcsena". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "obsceno", "obscenas", 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 obscena, spelled O-B-S-C-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de obsceno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boscena,obbscena,obcsena,obsccena,obscean,obscenna,obscnea,obsecna,obsscena,obssena,osbcena,ovscena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obscena

Misspelling Variants of "obscena"

boscena7obbscena8obcsena7obsccena8obscean7obscenna8obscnea7obsecna7
Misspelling Variants of "obscena"

Frequency rank: #42,050 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obscena"?
"obscena" is spelled O-B-S-C-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oβ̞ˈsena].
What does "obscena" mean?
As an adj, "obscena" means: Forma del femenino singular de obsceno.
What words are commonly confused with "obscena"?
"obscena" is commonly confused with "obsceno", "obscenas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obscena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obscena" is [oβ̞ˈsena]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obscena" come from?
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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.