santa
[ˈsãn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“santa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #636
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de santo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-santa · santa · Spanish
santa · rank #636 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #636
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH resultados
Nearest frequency peer: resultados (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “santa”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- partes
partes
99,368 corpus weight
- página
página
99,367 corpus weight
- resultados
resultados
99,366 corpus weight
- santa
santa
99,365 corpus weight
- tenga
tenga
99,364 corpus weight
- vale
vale
99,363 corpus weight
What this shows “santa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | santa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsãn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “santa”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around santa (IPA [ˈsãn̪t̪a]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #636 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de santo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for santa, with forms such as "asnta", "sanat", and "sannta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sta", "sat", "sara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is santa, spelled S-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de santo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asnta
- sanat
- sannta
- santta
- satna
- snata
- ssanta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of santa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "santa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).