dab
[ˈd̪aβ̞]
The verdict
“dab” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,154 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,154
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paso de baile urbano en el que el bailarín deja caer la cabeza sobre el ángulo interior del codo mientras levanta el brazo, en un gesto que recuerda a un estornudo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dab · dab · Spanish
dab · rank #59,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,154
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH custodian
Nearest frequency peer: custodian (-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 “dab”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cringe
cringe
40,853 corpus weight
- cuajar
cuajar
40,851 corpus weight
- custodian
custodian
40,848 corpus weight
- dab
dab
40,847 corpus weight
- dates
dates
40,844 corpus weight
- demostrados
demostrados
40,840 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dab” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dab |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪aβ̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “dab” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
dab is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,154 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪aβ̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dab, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dab, spelled D-A-B.
Definition
- 1Paso de baile urbano en el que el bailarín deja caer la cabeza sobre el ángulo interior del codo mientras levanta el brazo, en un gesto que recuerda a un estornudo.
- 2Gesto característico de dicho paso de baile.
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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