plasta

/[ˈplast̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#61,831

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

plasta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Masa de algo blando y pegajoso. Pronounced [ˈplast̪a].

Key facts for plasta
PropertyValue
Headwordplasta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplast̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plasta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈplast̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,831 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for plasta in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 plasta, spelled P-L-A-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masa de algo blando y pegajoso.
  2. 2
    Cosa aplastada y deformada.
  3. 3
    Masa que se expulsa por el ano producto de la digestión, en especial la de los grandes animales herbívoros como la vaca.
  4. 4
    Cosa muy mal hecha.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #61,831 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plasta"?
"plasta" is spelled P-L-A-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplast̪a].
What does "plasta" mean?
As a noun, "plasta" means: Masa de algo blando y pegajoso.
How do you pronounce "plasta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plasta" is [ˈplast̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plasta" 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.