tragedia

/[t̪ɾaˈxeð̞ja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,207

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

tragedia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tipo de drama (obra de teatro) en que el personaje principal sufre las consecuencias funestas de un sino o destino adverso, o se debe enfrentar a una decisión fatal de los dioses. Se practicaba en ... Pronounced [t̪ɾaˈxeð̞ja]. It ranks #4,207 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with travesía and tragedias.

Key facts for tragedia
PropertyValue
Headwordtragedia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ɾaˈxeð̞ja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,207
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tragedia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾaˈxeð̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,207 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tragedia, with forms such as "rtagedia", "targedia", and "traegdia". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "travesía", "tragedias", "traería", 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 tragedia, spelled T-R-A-G-E-D-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tipo de drama (obra de teatro) en que el personaje principal sufre las consecuencias funestas de un sino o destino adverso, o se debe enfrentar a una decisión fatal de los dioses. Se practicaba en la antigua Grecia con ayuda de un coro y desarrollaba temas de la antigua épica con propósito de catarsis (purificación del ánimo a través de la expresión de sentimientos intensos), especialmente de dolor u horror y compasión.
  2. 2
    Género o estilo de este tipo de obras₁.
  3. 3
    Suceso o situación que produce gran sufrimiento, siendo generalmente de consecuencias irreparables.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtagedia,targedia,traegdia,tragdeia,tragedai,trageddia,trageida,traggedia,trgaedia,trragedia,ttragedia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tragedia

Misspelling Variants of "tragedia"

rtagedia8targedia8traegdia8tragdeia8tragedai8trageddia9trageida8traggedia9
Misspelling Variants of "tragedia"

Frequency rank: #4,207 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tragedia"?
"tragedia" is spelled T-R-A-G-E-D-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾaˈxeð̞ja].
What does "tragedia" mean?
As a noun, "tragedia" means: Tipo de drama (obra de teatro) en que el personaje principal sufre las consecuencias funestas de un sino o destino adverso, o se debe enfrentar a una decisión fatal de los dioses. Se practicaba en ...
What words are commonly confused with "tragedia"?
"tragedia" is commonly confused with "travesía", "tragedias", "traería". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tragedia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tragedia" is [t̪ɾaˈxeð̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tragedia" come from?
"tragedia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.