ab
[ˈaβ̞]
The verdict
“ab” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,338) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,338
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Preposición que indica generalmente separación, alejamiento, privación de la cosa o acción significada por el simple.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ab · ab · Spanish
ab · rank #11,338 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,338
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 120,137
- PHOTO-FINISH íntimo
Nearest frequency peer: íntimo (-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 “ab”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- índole
índole
88,665 corpus weight
- íntimo
íntimo
88,664 corpus weight
- ab
ab
88,663 corpus weight
- abrí
abrí
88,662 corpus weight
- acudió
acudió
88,661 corpus weight
- agresiva
agresiva
88,660 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ab” 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 | ab |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈaβ̞] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #11,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ab” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ab is neighbouring look-alikes ("al", "ah", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced [ˈaβ̞]. Frequency #11,338 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Preposición que indica generalmente separación, alejamiento, privación de la cosa o acción significada por el simple.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ab in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "al", "ah", "ay", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ab, spelled A-B.
Definition
- 1Preposición que indica generalmente separación, alejamiento, privación de la cosa o acción significada por el simple.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.