otra
[ˈot̪ɾa]
The verdict
“otra” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #106 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #106
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de otro.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | otra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈot̪ɾa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “otra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for otra is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈot̪ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #106 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de otro.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for otra, with forms such as "orta", "otar", and "otrra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "our", "otro", "otto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is otra, spelled O-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de otro.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: orta,otar,otrra,ottra,tora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of otra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “otra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-T-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈot̪ɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “our” - see the side-by-side comparison. otra vs our
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.