trama
[ˈt̪ɾama]
The verdict
“trama” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,267 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,267
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de hilos que, cruzados y enlazados con los de la urdimbre, forman una tela.
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 | trama |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾama] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trama” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for trama is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾama]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,267 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for trama, with forms such as "rtama", "tarma", and "traam". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tras", "trap", "trata", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is trama, spelled T-R-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de hilos que, cruzados y enlazados con los de la urdimbre, forman una tela.
- 2Plan llevado a cabo en secreto e ilícitamente para el beneficio propio o el perjuicio ajeno.
- 3Disposición interna, contextura, ligazón entre las partes de un asunto u otra cosa.
- 4Por extensión, estructura que organiza alguna cosa, en especial el argumento de una narración.
- 5Conjunto de líneas horizontales, formadas por píxeles, que conforman a su vez una imagen televisiva.
- 6Retícula que se emplea en diseño gráfico para descomponer una imagen contínua en puntos discretos.
- 7Flor de los árboles, especialmente del olivo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtama,tarma,traam,tramma,trmaa,trrama,ttrama
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trama - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “trama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ɾama] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tras” - see the side-by-side comparison. trama vs tras
- 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.