travesía

[t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]

/[t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]/ noun

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The verdict

“travesía” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,689
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El espacio que media de un paraje a otro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-travesia · travesía · Spanish

travesía · rank #11,689 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,689
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH trabajaron

Nearest frequency peer: trabajaron (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “travesía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

travesía vs traviesa
75% similar
travesía vs travesura
78% similar
travesía vs travesías
89% similar

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

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “travesía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).travesíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “trabajaron” (#11,688), “venda” (#11,690), “tercios” (#11,687). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “travesía” va en #11,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around travesía (IPA [t̪ɾaβ̞eˈsia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,689 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for travesía, with forms such as "rtavesía", "tarvesía", and "trabesía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is travesía, spelled T-R-A-V-E-S-Í-A.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how travesía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Desde el punto de vista ambiental, la Región de Cuyo es heterogénea ya que su paisaje esta dominado por montañas, sierras y planicies. Al oste, posee un relieve montañoso como la Cordillera de los Andes y la Precordillera de Mendoza, San Juan y La Rioja. Mas al este de la región se pueden observas los valles y las travesías, que son las planicies desértic…
  2. Travesía (viento Del Oeste Que Sopla Del Mar, Viento Perpendicular A La Costa). Poemas. Traducción Del Francés Por Kay Strange, Milena Strange Y Maribel Chenin. Corrección De La Traducción Monique Bon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rtavesía
  • tarvesía
  • trabesía
  • traevsía
  • travesaí
  • travessía
  • traveísa
  • travseía
  • travvesía
  • trravesía
  • trvaesía
  • ttravesía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of travesía - 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.

rtavesía2tarvesía2trabesía1traevsía2travesaí2travessía1traveísa2travseía2
Edit distance from "travesía"

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 "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?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list