Elba
[ˈelβ̞a]
The verdict
“Elba” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,308. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,308
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-elba · Elba · Spanish
Elba · rank #21,308 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,308
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH ela
Nearest frequency peer: ela (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Elba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dominical
dominical
78,697 corpus weight
- ecos
ecos
78,695 corpus weight
- ela
ela
78,694 corpus weight
- Elba
Elba
78,693 corpus weight
- elocuente
elocuente
78,692 corpus weight
- emerge
emerge
78,690 corpus weight
What this shows “Elba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | Elba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈelβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Elba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Elba (IPA [ˈelβ̞a]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,308 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Elba, with forms such as "ebla", "elab", and "elbba". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "era", "esa", "Eva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Elba, spelled E-L-B-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer.
- 2Río que recorre Europa Central desde su nacimiento en Bohemia hasta su desembocadura en el mar del Norte.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebla
- elab
- elbba
- ellba
- elva
- leba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Elba - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Elba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).