plasma

/[ˈplasma]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,652

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plasma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte líquida de la sangre y la linfa, y líquido de la misma composición que baña espacios corporales como el líquido cefalorraquideano o fluído intersticial. Pronounced [ˈplasma]. Often confused with plaza and plata.

Key facts for plasma
PropertyValue
Headwordplasma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplasma]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,652
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plasma is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈplasma]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,652 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for plasma, with forms such as "lpasma", "palsma", and "plamsa". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plaza", "plata", "playa", 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 plasma, spelled P-L-A-S-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte líquida de la sangre y la linfa, y líquido de la misma composición que baña espacios corporales como el líquido cefalorraquideano o fluído intersticial.
  2. 2
    Fracción líquida que se obtiene por acción centrífuga sobre la sangre y que tiene uso en análisis médicos.
  3. 3
    Estado en el que se encuentra comúnmente la materia en el Universo, una especie de gas de partículas disociadas en electrones e iones cargados positivamente.
  4. 4
    Estado más abundante de la materia, con propiedades estructurales de un gas, pero con la diferencia de estar propenso a reacciones en masa al ser expuesto a campos magnéticos, calor excesivo, y campos eléctricos considerables.
  5. 5
    Televisor cuya tecnología de funcionamiento está basada en el cambio de los gases de la pantalla al estado del plasma.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpasma,palsma,plamsa,plasam,plasmma,plassma,pllasma,plsama,pplasma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plasma

Misspelling Variants of "plasma"

lpasma6palsma6plamsa6plasam6plasmma7plassma7pllasma7plsama6
Misspelling Variants of "plasma"

Frequency rank: #11,652 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plasma"?
"plasma" is spelled P-L-A-S-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplasma].
What does "plasma" mean?
As a noun, "plasma" means: Parte líquida de la sangre y la linfa, y líquido de la misma composición que baña espacios corporales como el líquido cefalorraquideano o fluído intersticial.
What words are commonly confused with "plasma"?
"plasma" is commonly confused with "plaza", "plata", "playa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plasma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plasma" is [ˈplasma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plasma" come from?
"plasma" 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.