ábside
[ˈaβ̞sið̞e]
The verdict
“ábside” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #53,288 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #53,288
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En la arquitectura civil romana, el ábside era una estancia de forma semicircular con cubierta abovedada (con una media cúpula). Era habitual en las basílicas, edificios administrativos dedicados, ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ábside |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaβ̞sið̞e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ábside” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ábside is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaβ̞sið̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,288 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ábside, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ábside, spelled Á-B-S-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1En la arquitectura civil romana, el ábside era una estancia de forma semicircular con cubierta abovedada (con una media cúpula). Era habitual en las basílicas, edificios administrativos dedicados, principalmente, a procesos de derecho civil y mercantil; el magistrado ocupaba la parte principal del ábside. También hay ábsides en los palacetes romanos (villae), sobre todo en las salas más lujosas, a menudo formando grupos de tres, dando a la habitación una planta de forma trebolada.
- 2En la arquitectura religiosa cristiana, es la parte de la construcción situada en la cabecera que cierra el presbiterio y se proyecta hacia el exterior de las iglesias, sobresaliendo del edificio. Generalmente tiene planta semicircular, en hemiciclo, pero puede ser también poligonal (común en el estilo gótico) o incluso plano (propio de la arquitectura prerrománica española). Suele estar cubierto por algún tipo de bóveda llamada exedra que tiene forma de cuarto de esfera. El ábside tiene, por su parte baja interior, un banco corrido llamado solea, para los sacerdotes y una cátedra central, para el oficiante principal. En su centro está el altar, originalmente cubierto por un templete o ciborio, y se separaba del resto del templo por el septum o iconostasio.
This word in other languages
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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Using “ábside”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Á-B-S-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.