camba
[ˈkãmba]
The verdict
“camba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,569 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,569
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cada uno de los trozos curvos que componen el círculo de la rueda de un carro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-camba · camba · Spanish
camba · rank #72,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,569
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH caldea
Nearest frequency peer: caldea (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “camba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cafres
cafres
27,436 corpus weight
- caldea
caldea
27,433 corpus weight
- camba
camba
27,432 corpus weight
- cameros
cameros
27,430 corpus weight
- Cancio
Cancio
27,428 corpus weight
- capitalism
capitalism
27,427 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “camba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkãmba] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
camba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,569 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkãmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for camba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is camba, spelled C-A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Cada uno de los trozos curvos que componen el círculo de la rueda de un carro.
- 2Pl. Pieza de lienzo que se ponía en las capas para dotarlas de una apariencia redondeada.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.