pesa
[ˈpesa]
The verdict
“pesa” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,938 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,938
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pieza empleada en la balanza como patrón de medida para pesar objetos.
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 | pesa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpesa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pesa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pesa is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,938 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesa, with forms such as "epsa", "peas", and "pessa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pez", "pis", "pet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pesa, spelled P-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1Pieza empleada en la balanza como patrón de medida para pesar objetos.
- 2Objeto pesado que cuelga al extremo de una cuerda como contrapeso o para accionar un mecanismo.
- 3Objeto largo compuesto por dos discos pesados unidos a los extremos de una barra metálica o sujetos a un cable que es utilizado en halterofilia, en ejercicios que requieren levantar el objeto con ambos brazos.
- 4Mancuerna (objeto de barra pequeña con pesos en los extremos usado en ejercitación muscular).
- 5Por extensión, cualquiera de los discos empleados en halterofilia o en gimnasia de aparatos.
- 6Establecimiento donde se vende carne.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsa,peas,pessa,ppesa,psea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesa - 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 “pesa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpesa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pez” - see the side-by-side comparison. pesa vs pez
- 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.