alababa
[alaˈβ̞aβ̞a]
The verdict
“alababa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,095 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,095
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alabar o de alabarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alababa · alababa · Spanish
alababa · rank #75,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,095
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aislación
Nearest frequency peer: aislación (-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 “alababa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agrestes
agrestes
24,910 corpus weight
- aguantará
aguantará
24,908 corpus weight
- aislación
aislación
24,907 corpus weight
- alababa
alababa
24,906 corpus weight
- alaben
alaben
24,905 corpus weight
- Albertina
Albertina
24,903 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alababa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alababa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alaˈβ̞aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alababa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alababa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,095 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alaˈβ̞aβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alababa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alababa, spelled A-L-A-B-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alabar o de alabarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alabar o de alabarse.
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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