daba

/[ˈd̪aβ̞a]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,109

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

daba is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dar o de darse. Pronounced [ˈd̪aβ̞a]. It ranks #2,109 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with día and dar.

Key facts for daba
PropertyValue
Headworddaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈd̪aβ̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,109
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of daba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for daba is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪aβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,109 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for daba, with forms such as "adba", "daab", and "dabba". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "día", "dar", "dan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is daba, spelled D-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dar o de darse.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dar o de darse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adba,daab,dabba,dava,dbaa,ddaba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for daba

Misspelling Variants of "daba"

adba4daab4dabba5dava4dbaa4ddaba5
Misspelling Variants of "daba"

Frequency rank: #2,109 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daba"?
"daba" is spelled D-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪aβ̞a].
What does "daba" mean?
As a verb, "daba" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dar o de darse.
What words are commonly confused with "daba"?
"daba" is commonly confused with "día", "dar", "dan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "daba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daba" is [ˈd̪aβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daba" come from?
"daba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.