albahaca

/[alβ̞aˈaka]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,174

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

albahaca is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Ocimum basilicum) Planta herbácea muy aromática, de flores blancas y hojas muy verdes, que se cultiva en los jardines. Pronounced [alβ̞aˈaka].

Key facts for albahaca
PropertyValue
Headwordalbahaca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alβ̞aˈaka]
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,174
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for albahaca is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alβ̞aˈaka]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,174 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Ocimum basilicum) Planta herbácea muy aromática, de flores blancas y hojas muy verdes, que se cultiva en los jardines.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for albahaca, with forms such as "ablahaca", "alabhaca", and "albaahca". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 albahaca, spelled A-L-B-A-H-A-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Ocimum basilicum) Planta herbácea muy aromática, de flores blancas y hojas muy verdes, que se cultiva en los jardines.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablahaca,alabhaca,albaahca,albahaac,albahacca,albahcaa,albahhaca,albbahaca,albhaaca,allbahaca,alvahaca,labahaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for albahaca

Misspelling Variants of "albahaca"

ablahaca8alabhaca8albaahca8albahaac8albahacca9albahcaa8albahhaca9albbahaca9
Misspelling Variants of "albahaca"

Frequency rank: #41,174 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "albahaca"?
"albahaca" is spelled A-L-B-A-H-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [alβ̞aˈaka].
What does "albahaca" mean?
As a noun, "albahaca" means: (Ocimum basilicum) Planta herbácea muy aromática, de flores blancas y hojas muy verdes, que se cultiva en los jardines.
What are common misspellings of "albahaca"?
Common misspellings include "ablahaca", "alabhaca", "albaahca", "albahaac", "albahacca". The correct spelling is "albahaca".
How do you pronounce "albahaca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "albahaca" is [alβ̞aˈaka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "albahaca" come from?
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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.