babaza
[baˈβ̞asa]
The verdict
“babaza” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Humor viscoso que segregan algunos animales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-babaza · babaza · Spanish
babaza · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | babaza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈβ̞asa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “babaza” en español
Rare enough to double-check
babaza is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈβ̞asa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for babaza, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is babaza, spelled B-A-B-A-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Humor viscoso que segregan algunos animales.
- 2Jugo viscoso de algunas plantas.
- 3Molusco gasterópodo pulmonado, sin concha o de concha rudimentaria, que segrega en su marcha una baba clara y pegajosa.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.