Teresa

/[t̪eˈɾesa]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,743

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Teresa is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de mujer. Pronounced [t̪eˈɾesa]. It ranks #3,743 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tres and terra.

Key facts for Teresa
PropertyValue
HeadwordTeresa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[t̪eˈɾesa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,743
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Teresa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Teresa is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈɾesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,743 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de mujer.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Teresa, with forms such as "etresa", "teersa", and "tereas". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "tres", "terra", "terna", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Teresa, spelled T-E-R-E-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de mujer.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etresa,teersa,tereas,teressa,terresa,tersea,treesa,tteresa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Teresa

Misspelling Variants of "Teresa"

etresa6teersa6tereas6teressa7terresa7tersea6treesa6tteresa7
Misspelling Variants of "Teresa"

Frequency rank: #3,743 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Teresa"?
"Teresa" is spelled T-E-R-E-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eˈɾesa].
What does "Teresa" mean?
As a name, "Teresa" means: Nombre de pila de mujer.
What words are commonly confused with "Teresa"?
"Teresa" is commonly confused with "tres", "terra", "terna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Teresa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Teresa" is [t̪eˈɾesa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Teresa" come from?
"Teresa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.