raza

/[ˈrasa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,266

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

raza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grupo que se distingue por una ascendencia común. Pronounced [ˈrasa]. It ranks #2,266 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ría and Roa.

Key facts for raza
PropertyValue
Headwordraza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrasa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,266
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for raza is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,266 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for raza, with forms such as "arza", "raaz", and "razza". 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, "ría", "Roa", "Rea", 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 raza, spelled R-A-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grupo que se distingue por una ascendencia común.
  2. 2
    En particular, grupo que, dentro de una especie, muestra caracteres biológicos distintivos transmitidos genéticamente.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, cualquier población con características comunes y distintivas.
  4. 4
    Grupo o linaje de individuos de una especie que muestran características morfológicas distintivas como resultado del aislamiento natural o la selección artificial.
  5. 5
    Población de una especie indistinguible morfológicamente, pero que presenta comportamientos distintivos, en especial la propensión a parasitar o infectar determinados huéspedes.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arza,raaz,razza,rraza,rzaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for raza

Misspelling Variants of "raza"

arza4raaz4razza5rraza5rzaa4
Misspelling Variants of "raza"

Frequency rank: #2,266 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raza"?
"raza" is spelled R-A-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrasa].
What does "raza" mean?
As a noun, "raza" means: Grupo que se distingue por una ascendencia común.
What words are commonly confused with "raza"?
"raza" is commonly confused with "ría", "Roa", "Rea". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raza" is [ˈrasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raza" come from?
"raza" 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.