iba
[ˈiβ̞a]
The verdict
“iba” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #500 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #500
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de ir o de irse.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for iba is 3 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈiβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #500 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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Using “iba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈiβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ir” - see the side-by-side comparison. iba vs ir
- 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.