ababa
[aˈβ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“ababa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Papaver rhoeas) Planta herbácea de ciclo anual, de origen desconocido pero hoy cosmopolita, dotada de flores rojas empleadas en decoración; los alcaloides de su savia y tallos han tenido uso medic...
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Index ES-ababa · ababa · Spanish
ababa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ababa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈβ̞aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ababa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ababa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈβ̞aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ababa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct Spanish form is ababa, spelled A-B-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1(Papaver rhoeas) Planta herbácea de ciclo anual, de origen desconocido pero hoy cosmopolita, dotada de flores rojas empleadas en decoración; los alcaloides de su savia y tallos han tenido uso medicinal y sus semillas se aprecian en gastronomía.
- 2Persona escasa de inteligencia o ingenio.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.