faba
[ˈfaβ̞a]
The verdict
“faba” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planta leguminosa (Vicia faba) originaria del suroeste de Asia, cultivada por sus semillas comestibles de gran tamaño, conocidas como habas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-faba · faba · Spanish
faba · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “faba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
faba is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for faba, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is faba, spelled F-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Planta leguminosa (Vicia faba) originaria del suroeste de Asia, cultivada por sus semillas comestibles de gran tamaño, conocidas como habas.
- 2Semilla comestible de esta planta, de forma aplanada y ovalada, que se consume tanto fresca como seca y es rica en proteínas y fibra.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.