tersa
[ˈt̪eɾsa]
The verdict
“tersa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,956 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,956
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de terso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tersa · tersa · Spanish
tersa · rank #61,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,956
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH terracota
Nearest frequency peer: terracota (-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 “tersa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- terno
terno
38,047 corpus weight
- terracota
terracota
38,046 corpus weight
- tersa
tersa
38,045 corpus weight
- teñidas
teñidas
38,044 corpus weight
- tibi
tibi
38,043 corpus weight
- Tiburcio
Tiburcio
38,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tersa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tersa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪eɾsa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tersa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tersa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,956 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt̪eɾsa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de terso.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tersa, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tersa, spelled T-E-R-S-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino singular de terso.
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 "tersa"?
What does "tersa" mean?
How do you pronounce "tersa"?
What language does "tersa" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tersa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).