abeja

[aˈβ̞exa]

/[aˈβ̞exa]/ noun

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The verdict

“abeja” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,019
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Apis spp.) Insecto himenóptero volador, de color pardo oscuro, y que según las especies puede vivir en solitario o formando grandes colonias. Poseen un aguijón capaz de producir una picadura muy d...

Corpus desk

Index ES-abeja · abeja · Spanish

abeja · rank #17,019 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,019
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH abortar

Nearest frequency peer: abortar (+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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “abeja”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “abeja” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abeja vs aja
60% similar
abeja vs abra
60% similar
abeja vs area
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for abeja
PropertyValue
Headwordabeja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈβ̞exa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,019
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “abeja”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).abejacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “abortar” (#17,020), “absurdas” (#17,022), “Wagner” (#17,015). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “abeja” va en #17,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around abeja (IPA [aˈβ̞exa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,019 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for abeja, with forms such as "abbeja", "abeaj", and "abejja". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aja", "abra", "area", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is abeja, spelled A-B-E-J-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Apis spp.) Insecto himenóptero volador, de color pardo oscuro, y que según las especies puede vivir en solitario o formando grandes colonias. Poseen un aguijón capaz de producir una picadura muy dolorosa. Se alimentan del polen y del néctar de las flores, contribuyendo eficazmente a su polinización. Las especies sociales pueden llegar a producir grandes cantidades de miel, polen y cera, por lo que han sido utilizadas por el hombre para su beneficio desde tiempos muy remotos.
  2. 2
    Persona laboriosa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abeja appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Los nectarios están en el fondo, sobre la primera corola, y la abeja, para llegar a ellos, necesita introducirse por completo en la tubular, dentro de la cual llega a desaparecer y permanecer oculta de quince a veinte segundos (…)».
  2. «Los cadáveres suelen presentar, en la quitina de su caparazón y en los anillos abdominales, manchas blancuzcas más o menos extensas; y cuando la enfermedad está muy desarrollada, se endurecen también, tomando aspecto pétreo, porque el Aspergillus continúa su obra, aun después de muerta la abeja».

Synonyms

colmenamosco de miel

This word in other languages

bee(English)abeille(Français)Biene(Deutsch)abelha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbeja
  • abeaj
  • abejja
  • abjea
  • aebja
  • aveja
  • baeja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abeja - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abbeja1abeaj2abejja1abjea2aebja2aveja1baeja2
Edit distance from "abeja"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abeja"?
"abeja" is spelled A-B-E-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈβ̞exa].
What does "abeja" mean?
As a noun, "abeja" means: (Apis spp.) Insecto himenóptero volador, de color pardo oscuro, y que según las especies puede vivir en solitario o formando grandes colonias. Poseen un aguijón capaz de producir una picadura muy d...
What words are commonly confused with "abeja"?
"abeja" is commonly confused with "aja", "abra", "area". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abeja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abeja" is [aˈβ̞exa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abeja" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abeja", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

viajo#17,011apego#17,037soler#16,989books#17,056

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

cierro7 variantspizca7 variantsdepto7 variantspelis7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list