pba
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "pba", 3-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "pba" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "pba" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“PBA” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,404 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #48,404
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Initialism of Professional Bowlers Association.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PBA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #48,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “PBA” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for PBA is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #48,404 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for PBA in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PM", "PC", "PP", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is PBA, spelled P-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Professional Bowlers Association.
- 2Initialism of Philippine Basketball Association.
- 3Initialism of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
- 4Initialism of Prevent Blindness America.
Frequency rank: #48,404 in English
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Using “PBA”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-B-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “PM” — see the side-by-side comparison. PBA vs PM
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