reforma

/[reˈfoɾma]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,152

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

reforma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de reformar o de reformarse Pronounced [reˈfoɾma]. It ranks #1,152 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with retoma and reporta.

Key facts for reforma
PropertyValue
Headwordreforma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈfoɾma]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,152
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reforma is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈfoɾma]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,152 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for reforma, with forms such as "erforma", "refforma", and "refomra". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "retoma", "reporta", "reforzó", 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 reforma, spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de reformar o de reformarse
  2. 2
    Lo que se plantea o se efectúa como novedad, especialmente para mejorar.
  3. 3
    Movimiento religioso cristiano del siglo XVI que dio origen a las iglesias protestantes, y por extensión se denomina también a otros movimientos similares.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erforma,refforma,refomra,reforam,reformma,reforrma,refroma,reofrma,rfeorma,rreforma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reforma

Misspelling Variants of "reforma"

erforma7refforma8refomra7reforam7reformma8reforrma8refroma7reofrma7
Misspelling Variants of "reforma"

Frequency rank: #1,152 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reforma"?
"reforma" is spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈfoɾma].
What does "reforma" mean?
As a noun, "reforma" means: Acción o efecto de reformar o de reformarse
What words are commonly confused with "reforma"?
"reforma" is commonly confused with "retoma", "reporta", "reforzó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reforma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reforma" is [reˈfoɾma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reforma" come from?
"reforma" 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.