arábigo
[aˈɾaβ̞iɣ̞o]
The verdict
“arábigo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,385 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propio de, relativo o perteneciente al grupo étnico de habla semítica, originario de la Península Arábiga y los territorios circundantes, que habla el idioma árabe y cuya población se concentra pri...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arábigo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aˈɾaβ̞iɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arábigo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
arábigo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,385 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aˈɾaβ̞iɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
arábigo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is arábigo, spelled A-R-Á-B-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Propio de, relativo o perteneciente al grupo étnico de habla semítica, originario de la Península Arábiga y los territorios circundantes, que habla el idioma árabe y cuya población se concentra principalmente en el norte de África y en Oriente Medio
- 2En especial, propio de, relativo o perteneciente a la etnia conformada por los descendientes de los habitantes originales de la Península Arábiga
- 3Propio de o relativo a la lengua semítica empleada mayoritariamente por estos pueblos
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); 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 “arábigo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-Á-B-I-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈɾaβ̞iɣ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.