alzaba
[alˈsaβ̞a]
The verdict
“alzaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,992 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,992
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alzar o de alzarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alzaba · alzaba · Spanish
alzaba · rank #53,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,992
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alveolar
Nearest frequency peer: alveolar (-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 “alzaba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- almendro
almendro
46,012 corpus weight
- altísimas
altísimas
46,011 corpus weight
- alveolar
alveolar
46,010 corpus weight
- alzaba
alzaba
46,009 corpus weight
- Alzate
Alzate
46,008 corpus weight
- amazónicos
amazónicos
46,007 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alzaba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alzaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [alˈsaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alzaba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alzaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,992 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [alˈsaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for alzaba, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is alzaba, spelled A-L-Z-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alzar o de alzarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de alzar o de alzarse.
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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