habla
[ˈaβ̞la]
The verdict
“habla” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #486 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #486
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capacidad de comunicarse mediante el lenguaje oral.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaβ̞la] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “habla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for habla is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaβ̞la]. Corpus data places it at rank #486 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for habla, with forms such as "ahbla", "habal", and "habbla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Haya", "hola", "haga", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is habla, spelled H-A-B-L-A.
Definition
- 1Capacidad de comunicarse mediante el lenguaje oral.
- 2Uso particular de la lengua.
- 3Acción o efecto de hablar.
- 4Variedad local de un idioma.
- 5En oposición al sistema abstracto de una lengua, realización concreta de un acto lingüístico.
- 6Discurso u oración pronunciados en público.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahbla,habal,habbla,hablla,halba,havla,hbala,hhabla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habla - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “habla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-B-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaβ̞la] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Haya” - see the side-by-side comparison. habla vs Haya
- 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.