arribista
[ariˈβ̞ist̪a]
The verdict
“arribista” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,573 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona ambiciosa y sin escrúpulos que trata de progresar con rapidez sin valorar la ética de los medios empleados y saltándose cualquier prevención moral.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arribista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ariˈβ̞ist̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arribista” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for arribista is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ariˈβ̞ist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,573 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona ambiciosa y sin escrúpulos que trata de progresar con rapidez sin valorar la ética de los medios empleados y saltándose cualquier prevención moral.".
Zero misspellings are on record for arribista in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is arribista, spelled A-R-R-I-B-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona ambiciosa y sin escrúpulos que trata de progresar con rapidez sin valorar la ética de los medios empleados y saltándose cualquier prevención moral.
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 “arribista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-R-I-B-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ariˈβ̞ist̪a] (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.