cábila
[ˈkaβ̞ila]
The verdict
“cábila” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tribu bereber, natural de la región noreste de Argelia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cábila |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkaβ̞ila] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cábila” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cábila is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaβ̞ila]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tribu bereber, natural de la región noreste de Argelia.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cábila, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cábila, spelled C-Á-B-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tribu bereber, natural de la región noreste de Argelia.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cábila”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Á-B-I-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkaβ̞ila] (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.