alhábega
[alˈaβ̞eɣ̞a]
The verdict
“alhábega” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Ocimum basilicum) Planta herbácea muy aromática, de flores blancas y hojas muy verdes, que se cultiva en los jardines.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alhábega |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈaβ̞eɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alhábega” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alhábega is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈaβ̞eɣ̞a]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. 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.".
alhábega doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is alhábega, spelled A-L-H-Á-B-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Ocimum basilicum) Planta herbácea muy aromática, de flores blancas y hojas muy verdes, que se cultiva en los jardines.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alhábega”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-H-Á-B-E-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alˈaβ̞eɣ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.