bamba
[ˈbãmba]
The verdict
“bamba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,727 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,727
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danza tradicional mexicana de Veracruz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bamba · bamba · Spanish
bamba · rank #50,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,727
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bambino
Nearest frequency peer: bambino (+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 “bamba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- autorizo
autorizo
49,277 corpus weight
- auxiliadora
auxiliadora
49,276 corpus weight
- bamba
bamba
49,274 corpus weight
- bambino
bambino
49,273 corpus weight
- Barber
Barber
49,272 corpus weight
- barcaza
barcaza
49,271 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bamba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bamba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbãmba] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bamba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bamba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,727 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbãmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Danza tradicional mexicana de Veracruz.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bamba, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is bamba, spelled B-A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Danza tradicional mexicana de Veracruz.
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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