zarzamora
[saɾsaˈmoɾa]
The verdict
“zarzamora” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #90,499 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #90,499
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto de la zarza (Rubus spp.), formado por un racimo de pequeñas drupas de color rojo intenso o morado, que maduran a mediados del verano. Es comestible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zarzamora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saɾsaˈmoɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zarzamora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for zarzamora is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saɾsaˈmoɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,499 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zarzamora, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is zarzamora, spelled Z-A-R-Z-A-M-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Fruto de la zarza (Rubus spp.), formado por un racimo de pequeñas drupas de color rojo intenso o morado, que maduran a mediados del verano. Es comestible.
- 2(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 zarzamoras₁ o moras. Es una planta muy invasiva y de crecimiento rápido que también puede multiplicarse vegetativamente generando raíces desde sus ramas.
- 3(Rubus constrictus) Arbusto semejante al anterior, de ramas más delgadas y espinas más débiles que puede alcanzar los 4 m de altura. También es una maleza y sus frutos son comestibles.
This word in other languages
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 “zarzamora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-A-R-Z-A-M-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saɾsaˈmoɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.