fiaba
[ˈfjaβ̞a]
The verdict
“fiaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,864 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,864
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de fiar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fiaba · fiaba · Spanish
fiaba · rank #88,864 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,864
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,759
- PHOTO-FINISH fidedignos
Nearest frequency peer: fidedignos (+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 “fiaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- failed
failed
11,142 corpus weight
- fiaba
fiaba
11,137 corpus weight
- fidedignos
fidedignos
11,136 corpus weight
- figurantes
figurantes
11,135 corpus weight
- figurativos
figurativos
11,134 corpus weight
- filosa
filosa
11,133 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fiaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fiaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfjaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fiaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fiaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,864 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfjaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fiaba, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is fiaba, spelled F-I-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de fiar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de fiar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fiaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.