babas
[ˈbaβ̞as]
The verdict
“babas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,027 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,027
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de baba.
Corpus desk
Index ES-babas · babas · Spanish
babas · rank #54,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,027
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH añora
Nearest frequency peer: añora (-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 “babas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- averiado
averiado
45,977 corpus weight
- azahar
azahar
45,976 corpus weight
- añora
añora
45,975 corpus weight
- babas
babas
45,974 corpus weight
- balotaje
balotaje
45,972 corpus weight
- bario
bario
45,971 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “babas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | babas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaβ̞as] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “babas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
babas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,027 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaβ̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de baba.".
babas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is babas, spelled B-A-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de baba.
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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