bamba
[ˈbãmba]
The verdict
“bamba” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,727 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,727
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Danza tradicional mexicana de Veracruz.
| 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) |
Where “bamba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for bamba is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbãmba]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,727 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “bamba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-M-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbãmba] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.