oscura

/[osˈkuɾa]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,024

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

oscura is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de oscuro. Pronounced [osˈkuɾa]. It ranks #5,024 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Osuna and oscuro.

Key facts for oscura
PropertyValue
Headwordoscura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[osˈkuɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,024
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oscura is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [osˈkuɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,024 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de oscuro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for oscura, with forms such as "ocsura", "osccura", and "oscrua". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Osuna", "oscuro", "oscuras", 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 oscura, spelled O-S-C-U-R-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 de oscuro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ocsura,osccura,oscrua,oscuar,oscurra,osscura,osucra,socura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oscura

Misspelling Variants of "oscura"

ocsura6osccura7oscrua6oscuar6oscurra7osscura7osucra6socura6
Misspelling Variants of "oscura"

Frequency rank: #5,024 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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