# alba

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæl.bə/ · frequency rank #18,753

## Definitions
1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

## Etymology
First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).

## Easily confused with
- **all** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-all)
- **Ali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ali)
- **ana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ana)
- **alt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-alt)
- **ale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ale)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ava)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ama)
- **ASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-asa)
- **als** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-als)
- **apa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-apa)
- **ara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ara)
- **alf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-alf)
- **alp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-alp)
- **ATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-ata)
- **aya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-aya)
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-awa)
- **alm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-alm)
- **arb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-arb)
- **alc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-alc)
- **amb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-amb)

## Common misspellings (5)
`abla`, `alab`, `albba`, `allba`, `laba`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alba