alba

/[ˈalβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,456

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

alba is aSpanishnoun. It means: Luces que indican el despuntar del día antes del amanecer. Pronounced [ˈalβ̞a]. It ranks #5,456 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Ana and ama.

Key facts for alba
PropertyValue
Headwordalba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈalβ̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,456
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for alba is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈalβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,456 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for alba, with forms such as "abla", "alab", and "albba". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ana", "ama", "all", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is alba, spelled A-L-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Luces que indican el despuntar del día antes del amanecer.
  2. 2
    Para los centinelas, el último de los cuartos en los que se divide la noche.
  3. 3
    Vestidura blanca en forma de túnica que usan los sacerdotes católicos por encima de otras prendas para celebrar la misa.
  4. 4
    Sábana.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abla,alab,albba,allba,alva,laba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alba

Misspelling Variants of "alba"

abla4alab4albba5allba5alva4laba4
Misspelling Variants of "alba"

Frequency rank: #5,456 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alba"?
"alba" is spelled A-L-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈalβ̞a].
What does "alba" mean?
As a noun, "alba" means: Luces que indican el despuntar del día antes del amanecer.
What words are commonly confused with "alba"?
"alba" is commonly confused with "Ana", "ama", "all". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alba" is [ˈalβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alba" come from?
"alba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.