herbácea

[eɾˈβ̞asea]

/[eɾˈβ̞asea]/ adj

The verdict

“herbácea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,218 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,218
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma femenina de herbáceo, propio o relacionado con las hierbas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-herbacea · herbácea · Spanish

herbácea · rank #66,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,218
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hermógenes

Nearest frequency peer: Hermógenes (+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 “herbácea”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “herbácea” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herbácea
PropertyValue
Headwordherbácea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[eɾˈβ̞asea]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,218
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “herbácea” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.herbáceacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Hermógenes” (#66,219), “Hervás” (#66,220), “hem” (#66,215). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “herbácea” va en #66,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herbácea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,218 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [eɾˈβ̞asea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for herbácea in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is herbácea, spelled H-E-R-B-Á-C-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma femenina de herbáceo, propio o relacionado con las hierbas.
  2. 2
    Que carece de fuste, como los árboles y arbustos.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herbácea"?
"herbácea" is spelled H-E-R-B-Á-C-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eɾˈβ̞asea].
What does "herbácea" mean?
As an adjective, "herbácea" means: Forma femenina de herbáceo, propio o relacionado con las hierbas.
How do you pronounce "herbácea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herbácea" is [eɾˈβ̞asea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herbácea" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "herbácea", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list