santa
[ˈsãn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“santa” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #636 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #636
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de santo.
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) |
Where “santa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for santa is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsãn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #636 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “santa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-N-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsãn̪t̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sta” - see the side-by-side comparison. santa vs sta
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.