grab
/ɡɹæb/
The verdict
“grab” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,660 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,660
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agarrar, tomar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-grab · grab · Spanish
grab · rank #64,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,660
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH Goytisolo
Nearest frequency peer: Goytisolo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “grab”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- golosa
golosa
35,345 corpus weight
- gorman
gorman
35,343 corpus weight
- Goytisolo
Goytisolo
35,342 corpus weight
- grab
grab
35,341 corpus weight
- gramáticas
gramáticas
35,339 corpus weight
- grandiosidad
grandiosidad
35,338 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “grab” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grab |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɹæb/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “grab” en español
Rare enough to double-check
grab is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,660 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡɹæb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for grab in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is grab, spelled G-R-A-B.
Definition
- 1Agarrar, tomar.
- 2Aprovechar.
- 3Apropiarse.
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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