wa
[wa] /wa/
The verdict
“wa” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,284) as a particle. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,284
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marca el tópico. Acompaña un genitivo partitivo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-wa · wa · Spanish
wa · rank #12,284 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,284
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH vírgenes
Nearest frequency peer: vírgenes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vicios
vicios
87,721 corpus weight
- violadores
violadores
87,720 corpus weight
- visitan
visitan
87,719 corpus weight
- vírgenes
vírgenes
87,718 corpus weight
- wa
wa
87,717 corpus weight
- aborda
aborda
87,714 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wa” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | wa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | [wa] /wa/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #12,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “wa” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for wa is neighbouring look-alikes ("we", "wo", …), not just typos; it is aparticle pronounced [wa] /wa/. Frequency #12,284 among 230 “W” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wa, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "we", "wo", "web", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is wa, spelled W-A.
Definition
- 1Marca el tópico. Acompaña un genitivo partitivo.
- 2Marca un cambio de tema o un tema secundario.
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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- "wa" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "we". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #12,284 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
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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.