reserva

/[reˈseɾβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,422

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

reserva is aSpanishnoun. It means: Guarda o custodia que se hace de una cosa, o prevención de ella para que sirva a su tiempo. Pronounced [reˈseɾβ̞a]. It ranks #2,422 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with reversa and reserve.

Key facts for reserva
PropertyValue
Headwordreserva
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reˈseɾβ̞a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,422
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reserva is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈseɾβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,422 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for reserva, with forms such as "erserva", "recerva", and "reesrva". 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, "reversa", "reserve", "reservo", 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 reserva, spelled R-E-S-E-R-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Guarda o custodia que se hace de una cosa, o prevención de ella para que sirva a su tiempo.
  2. 2
    Reservación o excepción.
  3. 3
    Prevención o cautela para no descubrir algo que se sabe o piensa.
  4. 4
    Discreción, circunspección, comedimiento.
  5. 5
    Acción de reservar solemnemente el Santísimo Sacramento.
  6. 6
    Parte del ejército o armada de una nación, que no está en servicio activo, sino en sus hogares.
  7. 7
    Cuerpo de tropas de tierra o mar, que no toma parte en una campaña o en una batalla hasta que se considera necesario o conveniente su auxilio.
  8. 8
    Declaración que hace el juez de que la resolución que dicta no perjudicará algún derecho, el cual deja a salvo para que se ejercite en otro juicio o de diverso modo.
  9. 9
    Obligación impuesta por la ley al viudo que se vuelve a casar o al adquirente por título sucesorio, en circunstancias determinadas, de reservar ciertos bienes para transmitirlos, en su tiempo y caso, a ciertas personas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erserva,recerva,reesrva,reserav,reserba,reserrva,reservva,resevra,resreva,resserva,rreserva,rseerva

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reserva

Misspelling Variants of "reserva"

erserva7recerva7reesrva7reserav7reserba7reserrva8reservva8resevra7
Misspelling Variants of "reserva"

Frequency rank: #2,422 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reserva"?
"reserva" is spelled R-E-S-E-R-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈseɾβ̞a].
What does "reserva" mean?
As a noun, "reserva" means: Guarda o custodia que se hace de una cosa, o prevención de ella para que sirva a su tiempo.
What words are commonly confused with "reserva"?
"reserva" is commonly confused with "reversa", "reserve", "reservo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reserva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reserva" is [reˈseɾβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reserva" come from?
"reserva" 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.