begonia
[beˈɣ̞onja]
The verdict
“begonia” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planta perenne de las begoniáceas, de 40 cm de alto, la mayoria posee flores de pétalos rosados o blancos, pero hay de otros colores.
Corpus desk
Index ES-begonia · begonia · Spanish
begonia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | begonia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beˈɣ̞onja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “begonia” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
begonia is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈɣ̞onja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planta perenne de las begoniáceas, de 40 cm de alto, la mayoria posee flores de pétalos rosados o blancos, pero hay de otros colores.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for begonia, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is begonia, spelled B-E-G-O-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Planta perenne de las begoniáceas, de 40 cm de alto, la mayoria posee flores de pétalos rosados o blancos, pero hay de otros colores.
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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.