Santa María
[ˈsãn̪t̪a maˈɾia]
The verdict
“Santa María” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido considerado vasco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-santa-maria · Santa María · Spanish
Santa María · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Santa María |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈsãn̪t̪a maˈɾia] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Santa María” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Santa María is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈsãn̪t̪a maˈɾia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido considerado vasco.".
Santa María doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Santa María, spelled S-A-N-T-A- -M-A-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido considerado vasco.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.