travesía

/[t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,689

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

travesía is aSpanishnoun. It means: El espacio que media de un paraje a otro. Pronounced [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]. Often confused with traviesa and travesura.

Key facts for travesía
PropertyValue
Headwordtravesía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,689
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for travesía is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,689 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for travesía, with forms such as "rtavesía", "tarvesía", and "trabesía". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "traviesa", "travesura", "travesías", and more, 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 travesía, spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El espacio que media de un paraje a otro.
  2. 2
    Viaje por mar y el tiempo que dura.
  3. 3
    Calle angosta que pone en comunicación dos principales.
  4. 4
    Fortificación que se forma con traveses.
  5. 5
    Viento que la navegación da por los lados.
  6. 6
    Cantidad que se atraviesa al juego.
  7. 7
    Paso o tránsito por un pueblo.
  8. 8
    Viento perpendicular a una costa.
  9. 9
    Paga que se da al marinero mercante por la navegación desde un puerto a otro.
  10. 10
    Vasta zona desértica.
  11. 11
    Viento que sopla desde el mar hacia la costa.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtavesía,tarvesía,trabesía,traevsía,travesaí,travessía,traveísa,travseía,travvesía,trravesía,trvaesía,ttravesía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for travesía

Misspelling Variants of "travesía"

rtavesía8tarvesía8trabesía8traevsía8travesaí8travessía9traveísa8travseía8
Misspelling Variants of "travesía"

Frequency rank: #11,689 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "travesía"?
"travesía" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia].
What does "travesía" mean?
As a noun, "travesía" means: El espacio que media de un paraje a otro.
What words are commonly confused with "travesía"?
"travesía" is commonly confused with "traviesa", "travesura", "travesías". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "travesía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travesía" is [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "travesía" come from?
"travesía" 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.