b
[ˈbe]
The verdict
“b” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #602) as a character. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #602
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda letra del abecedario español y primera consonante. Su nombre es be, be alta o be larga.
Corpus desk
Index ES-b · b · Spanish
b · rank #602 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #602
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH cargo
Nearest frequency peer: cargo (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “b”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- única
única
99,402 corpus weight
- agosto
agosto
99,401 corpus weight
- b
b
99,399 corpus weight
- cargo
cargo
99,398 corpus weight
- comida
comida
99,397 corpus weight
- cuales
cuales
99,396 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “b” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | b |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Character |
| IPA | [ˈbe] |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “b” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for b is neighbouring look-alikes ("by", "be", …), not just typos; it is acharacter pronounced [ˈbe]. Frequency #602 among 2,459 “B” headwords. Gloss: "Segunda letra del abecedario español y primera consonante. Su nombre es be, be alta o be larga.".
No misspelling variants are generated for b in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "by", "be", "bo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is b, spelled B.
Definition
- 1Segunda letra del abecedario español y primera consonante. Su nombre es be, be alta o be larga.
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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- "b" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "by". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #602 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.