haba

/[ˈaβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,969

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

haba is aSpanishnoun. It means: (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... Pronounced [ˈaβ̞a].

Key facts for haba
PropertyValue
Headwordhaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaβ̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for haba is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for haba in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 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 haba, spelled H-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 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.
  2. 2
    Cada uno de los granos producidos por esta planta.
  3. 3
    Cada 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.
  4. 4
    Cada una de las bolitas blancas y negras que sirven para las votaciones secretas en los cabildos y otras comunidades.
  5. 5
    Simiente de algunos frutos, como el café, el cacao, etc.
  6. 6
    Cesta que fabrican los indios con las ramas del bibbi.
  7. 7
    Uña.
  8. 8
    Piedra o gabarro a manera de cristal de roca, que se encuentra fuertemente adherido en los sillares.
  9. 9
    Enfermedad 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

Frequency rank: #50,969 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "haba"?
"haba" is spelled H-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaβ̞a].
What does "haba" mean?
As a noun, "haba" means: (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...
How do you pronounce "haba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haba" is [ˈaβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haba" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.