beta

/[ˈbet̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,076

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

beta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Segunda letra del alfabeto griego. Pronounced [ˈbet̪a]. It ranks #9,076 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bla and bot.

Key facts for beta
PropertyValue
Headwordbeta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbet̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,076
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for beta is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,076 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for beta, with forms such as "bbeta", "betta", and "btea". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bla", "bot", "but", 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 beta, spelled B-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda letra del alfabeto griego.
  2. 2
    Nombre con el que se suele designar a la segunda estrella, en orden de magnitud, de una constelación.
  3. 3
    versión del software que esta en fase de pruebas.
  4. 4
    con la letra griega de tal nombre se designan cantidades y puntos, como vértices de ángulos, etc., enumerados en segundo término.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbeta,betta,btea,ebta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for beta

Misspelling Variants of "beta"

bbeta5betta5btea4ebta4
Misspelling Variants of "beta"

Frequency rank: #9,076 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beta"?
"beta" is spelled B-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbet̪a].
What does "beta" mean?
As a noun, "beta" means: Segunda letra del alfabeto griego.
What words are commonly confused with "beta"?
"beta" is commonly confused with "bla", "bot", "but". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "beta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beta" is [ˈbet̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "beta" come from?
"beta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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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.