rima

/[ˈrima]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,712

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rima is aSpanishnoun. It means: Coincidencia de algunos sonidos a final de verso para crear un efecto sonoro particular y facilitar la memorización terminal. Pronounced [ˈrima]. Often confused with RM and río.

Key facts for rima
PropertyValue
Headwordrima
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈrima]
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,712
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rima is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrima]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,712 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Coincidencia de algunos sonidos a final de verso para crear un efecto sonoro particular y facilitar la memorización terminal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for rima, with forms such as "irma", "riam", and "rimma". 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", "río", "rom", 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 rima, spelled R-I-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coincidencia de algunos sonidos a final de verso para crear un efecto sonoro particular y facilitar la memorización terminal.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irma,riam,rimma,rmia,rrima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rima

Misspelling Variants of "rima"

irma4riam4rimma5rmia4rrima5
Misspelling Variants of "rima"

Frequency rank: #15,712 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rima"?
"rima" is spelled R-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈrima].
What does "rima" mean?
As a noun, "rima" means: Coincidencia de algunos sonidos a final de verso para crear un efecto sonoro particular y facilitar la memorización terminal.
What words are commonly confused with "rima"?
"rima" is commonly confused with "RM", "río", "rom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rima" is [ˈrima]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rima" come from?
"rima" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.