iba
[ˈiβ̞a]
The verdict
“iba” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #500) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #500
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ir o de irse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-iba · iba · Spanish
iba · rank #500 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #500
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH fuerza
Nearest frequency peer: fuerza (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “iba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- demasiado
demasiado
99,504 corpus weight
- espero
espero
99,503 corpus weight
- fuerza
fuerza
99,502 corpus weight
- iba
iba
99,501 corpus weight
- José
José
99,500 corpus weight
- manos
manos
99,499 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “iba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | iba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈiβ̞a] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “iba” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for iba is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "ii", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈiβ̞a]. Frequency #500 among 3,428 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for iba, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "ii", "is", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 iba, spelled I-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ir o de irse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ir o de irse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "iba" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ir". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #500 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
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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.