bestia

/[ˈbest̪ja]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,267

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

bestia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquier animal, en especial los cuadrúpedos. Pronounced [ˈbest̪ja]. It ranks #6,267 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with beta and bosta.

Key facts for bestia
PropertyValue
Headwordbestia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbest̪ja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,267
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bestia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bestia is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbest̪ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,267 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for bestia, with forms such as "bbestia", "besita", and "besstia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "beta", "bosta", "bosnia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bestia, spelled B-E-S-T-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier animal, en especial los cuadrúpedos.
  2. 2
    En particular, aquellos que se domestican para emplearlos en el transporte de cargas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbestia,besita,besstia,bestai,besttia,betsia,bsetia,ebstia,vestia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bestia

Misspelling Variants of "bestia"

bbestia7besita6besstia7bestai6besttia7betsia6bsetia6ebstia6
Misspelling Variants of "bestia"

Frequency rank: #6,267 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bestia"?
"bestia" is spelled B-E-S-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbest̪ja].
What does "bestia" mean?
As a noun, "bestia" means: Cualquier animal, en especial los cuadrúpedos.
What words are commonly confused with "bestia"?
"bestia" is commonly confused with "beta", "bosta", "bosnia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bestia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bestia" is [ˈbest̪ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bestia" come from?
"bestia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.