alban
[ɑɫˈbɑn]
The verdict
“alban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,821 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,821
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Albanés.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alban · alban · Spanish
alban · rank #78,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,821
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Alcedo
Nearest frequency peer: Alcedo (+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 “alban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agárrense
agárrense
21,184 corpus weight
- Aimar
Aimar
21,182 corpus weight
- alban
alban
21,180 corpus weight
- Alcedo
Alcedo
21,179 corpus weight
- alcobas
alcobas
21,178 corpus weight
- alerce
alerce
21,176 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɑɫˈbɑn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,821 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɑɫˈbɑn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Albanés.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alban, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is alban, spelled A-L-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Albanés.
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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