Semana Santa
[seˈmana ˈsãn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“Semana Santa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En el catolicismo, semana que termina en el Domingo de Resurrección durante la que se conmemora la pasión y muerte de Jesucristo. Excepcionalmente se considera que el primer día de la Semana Santa ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-semana-santa · Semana Santa · Spanish
Semana Santa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Semana Santa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [seˈmana ˈsãn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Semana Santa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Semana Santa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [seˈmana ˈsãn̪t̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Semana Santa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Semana Santa, spelled S-E-M-A-N-A- -S-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1En el catolicismo, semana que termina en el Domingo de Resurrección durante la que se conmemora la pasión y muerte de Jesucristo. Excepcionalmente se considera que el primer día de la Semana Santa es el Domingo de Ramos, con lo que la Semana Santa tendría ocho días en vez siete.
- 2Periodo de descanso vacacional académico y usualmente también laboral, que suele coincidir con la Semana Santa₁ cristiana.
This word in other languages
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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.