confiaba
[kõɱˈfjaβ̞a]
The verdict
“confiaba” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,942 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #21,942
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de confiar o de confiarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | confiaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõɱˈfjaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “confiaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for confiaba is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõɱˈfjaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,942 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for confiaba, with forms such as "cconfiaba", "cnofiaba", and "cofniaba". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "confiar", "contaba", "confían", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is confiaba, spelled C-O-N-F-I-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de confiar o de confiarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de confiar o de confiarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconfiaba,cnofiaba,cofniaba,confaiba,conffiaba,confiaab,confiabba,confiava,confibaa,conifaba,connfiaba,ocnfiaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of confiaba - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “confiaba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-F-I-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõɱˈfjaβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “confiar” - see the side-by-side comparison. confiaba vs confiar
- 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.