alubia
[aˈluβ̞ja]
The verdict
“alubia” 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
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Phaseolus vulgaris) Planta leguminosa de la familia de las fabáceas, con hábito muy variable, que puede alcanzar hasta 60 cm de altura cuando erecta y cinco veces eso como liana, de tallo redondea...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alubia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈluβ̞ja] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alubia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alubia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈluβ̞ja]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
alubia has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 alubia, spelled A-L-U-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1(Phaseolus vulgaris) Planta leguminosa de la familia de las fabáceas, con hábito muy variable, que puede alcanzar hasta 60 cm de altura cuando erecta y cinco veces eso como liana, de tallo redondeado, hojas trifoliadas de folíolos cordiformes. Produce flores solitarias, blancas, que fructifican en una vaina longilínea con entre 4 y 6 semillas. Se cultiva por estas, usadas como alimento
- 2Semilla de la alubia₁, usada como alimento
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 “alubia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-U-B-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.