above
/əˈbʌv/
The verdict
“above” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,343 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,343
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Superior.
Corpus desk
Index ES-above · above · Spanish
above · rank #55,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,343
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aberrantes
Nearest frequency peer: aberrantes (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “above”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Aberdeen
Aberdeen
44,660 corpus weight
- aberrantes
aberrantes
44,659 corpus weight
- above
above
44,658 corpus weight
- absorba
absorba
44,655 corpus weight
- accionario
accionario
44,654 corpus weight
- acoja
acoja
44,653 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “above” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | above |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈbʌv/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “above” en español
Rare enough to double-check
above is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,343 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈbʌv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for above, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 above, spelled A-B-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1Superior.
- 2Arriba.
- 3Más.
- 4Encima.
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.
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).