terraza
[t̪eˈrasa]
The verdict
“terraza” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #9,738 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,738
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte de arriba de los edificios, cuando esta es plana y abierta.
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 | terraza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪eˈrasa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,738 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terraza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for terraza is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈrasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,738 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for terraza, with forms such as "etrraza", "terarza", and "teraza". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "traza", "terrazas", "terra", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is terraza, spelled T-E-R-R-A-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Parte de arriba de los edificios, cuando esta es plana y abierta.
- 2Parte al aire libre de los bares y otros establecimientos de restauración, normalmente acotando una pequeña porción de la calle.
- 3Prolongación del suelo de la vivienda fuera de la casa y hacia la calle, al que se puede acceder a pie a través de un ventanal grande, normalmente con barandas y para poder asomarse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrraza,terarza,teraza,terraaz,terrazza,terrzaa,treraza,tterraza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terraza - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “terraza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-R-R-A-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪eˈrasa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “traza” - see the side-by-side comparison. terraza vs traza
- 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.