albor
[alˈβ̞oɾ]
The verdict
“albor” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #82,596 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,596
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tono luminoso, brillante e incoloro, dado por reflejar por completo la luz
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈβ̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “albor” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for albor is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈβ̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,596 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for albor, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is albor, spelled A-L-B-O-R.
Definition
- 1Tono luminoso, brillante e incoloro, dado por reflejar por completo la luz
- 2Primera luz del amanecer
- 3Por extensión, etapa inicial de algún proceso o desarrollo
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 “albor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-B-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alˈβ̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.