terraza

Name: terraza, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[t̪eˈrasa]

/[t̪eˈrasa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“terraza” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,738
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,005
“T” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte de arriba de los edificios, cuando esta es plana y abierta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-terraza · terraza · Spanish

terraza · rank #9,738 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,738
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 3,005
PHOTO-FINISH supiera

Nearest frequency peer: supiera (-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.

sumado

90,266
supermercad…

90,265
supiera

90,264
terraza

90,263
timbre

90,262
toalla

90,261

What this shows “terraza” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

terraza vs traza

71% similar

terraza vs terrazas

88% similar

terraza vs terra

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for terraza
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “terraza”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.terrazacae aquí:

#9,738

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “supiera” (#9,737), “timbre” (#9,739), “supermercados” (#9,736). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “terraza” va en #9,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around terraza (IPA [t̪eˈrasa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,738 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
Parte de arriba de los edificios, cuando esta es plana y abierta.
2
Parte al aire libre de los bares y otros establecimientos de restauración, normalmente acotando una pequeña porción de la calle.
3
Prolongación 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.

Synonyms

azotea balcón andén

This word in other languages

terrace(English)Terrasse(Deutsch)

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.

Edit distance from "terraza"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "terraza"?

"terraza" is spelled T-E-R-R-A-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eˈrasa].

What does "terraza" mean?

As a noun, "terraza" means: Parte de arriba de los edificios, cuando esta es plana y abierta.

What words are commonly confused with "terraza"?

"terraza" is commonly confused with "traza", "terrazas", "terra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "terraza"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terraza" is [t̪eˈrasa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "terraza" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "terraza", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

supiera#9,737 trágico#9,741 típicos#9,743 siembra#9,730

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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