criba

Name: criba, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈkɾiβ̞a]

/[ˈkɾiβ̞a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“criba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,217 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,217
frequency rank, Spanish: 77,812
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuero ordenadamente agujereado y fijo en un aro de madera, que sirve para cribar. También se hacen de plancha metálica con agujeros, o con red de malla de alambre.

Key facts for criba
Property	Value
Headword	criba
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈkɾiβ̞a]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#56,217
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “criba” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). criba lands here:

#56,217

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

criba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,217 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɾiβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

criba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is criba, spelled C-R-I-B-A.

Definition

1
Cuero ordenadamente agujereado y fijo en un aro de madera, que sirve para cribar. También se hacen de plancha metálica con agujeros, o con red de malla de alambre.
2
Cualquiera de los aparatos mecánicos que se emplean en agricultura para cribar semillas, o en minería para lavar y limpiar los minerales.

Synonyms

cedazo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "criba"?

"criba" is spelled C-R-I-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾiβ̞a].

What does "criba" mean?

As a noun, "criba" means: Cuero ordenadamente agujereado y fijo en un aro de madera, que sirve para cribar. También se hacen de plancha metálica con agujeros, o con red de malla de alambre.

How do you pronounce "criba"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "criba" is [ˈkɾiβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "criba" come from?

"criba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “criba”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-I-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈkɾiβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.