sisa
[ˈsisa]
The verdict
“sisa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,561 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,561
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pequeña parte que se hurta, especialmente en la compra diaria de comestibles, y otras cosas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sisa · sisa · Spanish
sisa · rank #52,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,561
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sintagma
Nearest frequency peer: sintagma (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sisa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sina
sina
47,443 corpus weight
- sind
sind
47,442 corpus weight
- sintagma
sintagma
47,441 corpus weight
- sisa
sisa
47,440 corpus weight
- sitiados
sitiados
47,439 corpus weight
- situando
situando
47,438 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sisa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sisa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsisa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sisa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sisa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,561 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsisa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
sisa 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sisa, spelled S-I-S-A.
Definition
- 1Pequeña parte que se hurta, especialmente en la compra diaria de comestibles, y otras cosas.
- 2Corte hecho en la tela de las prendas de vestir para que se ajusten bien a la parte de los sobacos.
- 3Mordiente de ocre o bermellón cocido con aceite de linaza, que usan los doradores para fijar los panes de oro.
- 4Impuesto que se cobraba sobre géneros comestibles, rebajando las medidas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sisa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
los calzones le incomodaban y las mangas de la casaca le molestaban en los hombros y las sisas le irritaban las axilas.
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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