zarza
[ˈsaɾsa]
The verdict
“zarza” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #45,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,683
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Rubus ulmifolius) Arbusto de la familia de las rosáceas de aspecto sarmentoso, que alcanza los 3 m. Es espinoso, con hojas ovadas, dendadas, de color verde oscuro, y flores pentámeras en racimos q...
Corpus desk
Index ES-zarza · zarza · Spanish
zarza · rank #45,683 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,683
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH óleos
Nearest frequency peer: óleos (+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 “zarza”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- volverías
volverías
54,326 corpus weight
- weed
weed
54,323 corpus weight
- zarza
zarza
54,318 corpus weight
- óleos
óleos
54,317 corpus weight
- abadesa
abadesa
54,312 corpus weight
- abertzale
abertzale
54,311 corpus weight
What this shows “zarza” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | zarza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsaɾsa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “zarza”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around zarza (IPA [ˈsaɾsa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,683 among 220 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Rubus ulmifolius) Arbusto de la familia de las rosáceas de aspecto sarmentoso, que alcanza los 3 m. Es espinoso, con hojas ovadas, dendadas, de color verde oscuro, y flores pentámeras en racimos q...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for zarza, with forms such as "azrza", "zaraz", and "zarrza". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "zorra", "zurda", "zar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is zarza, spelled Z-A-R-Z-A.
Definition
- 1(Rubus ulmifolius) Arbusto de la familia de las rosáceas de aspecto sarmentoso, que alcanza los 3 m. Es espinoso, con hojas ovadas, dendadas, de color verde oscuro, y flores pentámeras en racimos que dan lugar a frutos llamados zarzamoras o moras. Es una planta muy invasiva y de crecimiento rápido que también puede multiplicarse vegetativamente generando raíces desde sus ramas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azrza
- zaraz
- zarrza
- zarzza
- zazra
- zraza
- zzarza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of zarza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).