haba
[ˈaβ̞a]
The verdict
“haba” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,969 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,969
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Vicia faba) Planta trepadora herbácea, anual, de tallos semi-erectos que se enredan; cultivada en todo el globo por sus semillas, las cuales son empleadas en gastronomía. Da su nombre a la familia...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for haba is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,969 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 edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for haba, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 haba, spelled H-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1(Vicia faba) Planta trepadora herbácea, anual, de tallos semi-erectos que se enredan; cultivada en todo el globo por sus semillas, las cuales son empleadas en gastronomía. Da su nombre a la familia de las fabáceas, de la cual es la especie tipo.
- 2Cada uno de los granos producidos por esta planta.
- 3Cada una de ciertas manchas, de figura de haba, que salen en el cuerpo humano y también en el de algunos animales; es una especie de roncha.
- 4Cada una de las bolitas blancas y negras que sirven para las votaciones secretas en los cabildos y otras comunidades.
- 5Simiente de algunos frutos, como el café, el cacao, etc.
- 6Cesta que fabrican los indios con las ramas del bibbi.
- 7Uña.
- 8Piedra o gabarro a manera de cristal de roca, que se encuentra fuertemente adherido en los sillares.
- 9Enfermedad de las caballerías, consistenta en una especie de tumor que se forma en el paladar, procedente de la sangre que se cuaja en él.
This word in other languages
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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Using “haba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.