rama

/[ˈrama]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,108

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rama is aSpanishnoun. It means: Partes del árbol que nace en el tronco y de las que surgen, hojas, flores y frutos. Pronounced [ˈrama]. It ranks #4,108 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with RM and ray.

Key facts for rama
PropertyValue
Headwordrama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrama]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,108
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rama is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrama]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,108 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for rama, with forms such as "raam", "ramma", and "rmaa". 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, "RM", "ray", "rap", 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 rama, spelled R-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partes del árbol que nace en el tronco y de las que surgen, hojas, flores y frutos.
  2. 2
    Por extensión parte secundaria de algo que se deriva de algo principal.
  3. 3
    Subdivisión dentro de un conjunto de mayor orden, especialmente cuando se refiere a una disciplina en concreto.
  4. 4
    En un sistema republicano cualquiera de los poderes que conforman al órgano estatal.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: raam,ramma,rmaa,rrama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rama

Misspelling Variants of "rama"

raam4ramma5rmaa4rrama5
Misspelling Variants of "rama"

Frequency rank: #4,108 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rama"?
"rama" is spelled R-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrama].
What does "rama" mean?
As a noun, "rama" means: Partes del árbol que nace en el tronco y de las que surgen, hojas, flores y frutos.
What words are commonly confused with "rama"?
"rama" is commonly confused with "RM", "ray", "rap". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rama" is [ˈrama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rama" come from?
"rama" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Spanish index:

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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.