fábula

/[ˈfaβ̞ula]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,162

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

fábula is aSpanishnoun. It means: Rumor, hablilla. Pronounced [ˈfaβ̞ula]. Often confused with falla and fauna.

Key facts for fábula
PropertyValue
Headwordfábula
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaβ̞ula]
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,162
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fábula is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaβ̞ula]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,162 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fábula, with forms such as "fbáula", "ffábula", and "fábbula". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "falla", "fauna", "favela", 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 fábula, spelled F-Á-B-U-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rumor, hablilla.
  2. 2
    Relación falsa, mentirosa, de pura invención, destituída de todo fundamento.
  3. 3
    Ficción artificiosa con que se encubre o disimula una verdad.
  4. 4
    Obra en que se narra un suceso o se representa una acción inventados para deleitar.
  5. 5
    Composición literaria, generalmente en verso, en que por medio de una ficción alegórica y de la representación de personas humanas y de personificaciones de seres irracionales, inanimados o abstractos, se da una enseñanza útil o moral.
  6. 6
    En los poémas épico y dramático y en cualquier otro análogo, serie y contexto de los incidentes de que se compone la acción, y de los medios por que se desarrolla.
  7. 7
    Mitología, cualquiera de las ficciones de la mitología.
  8. 8
    Objeto de murmuración irrisoria o despreciativa.
  9. 9
    Serie de dibujos animados proyectados en cine o transmitidos por televisión, ya sea cartoon, comic o anime.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fbáula,ffábula,fábbula,fáblua,fábual,fábulla,fáubla,fávula,áfbula

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fábula

Misspelling Variants of "fábula"

fbáula6ffábula7fábbula7fáblua6fábual6fábulla7fáubla6fávula6
Misspelling Variants of "fábula"

Frequency rank: #24,162 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fábula"?
"fábula" is spelled F-Á-B-U-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaβ̞ula].
What does "fábula" mean?
As a noun, "fábula" means: Rumor, hablilla.
What words are commonly confused with "fábula"?
"fábula" is commonly confused with "falla", "fauna", "favela". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fábula"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fábula" is [ˈfaβ̞ula]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fábula" come from?
"fábula" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.