ida
[ˈið̞a]
The verdict
“ida” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,318) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,318
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de ir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ida · ida · Spanish
ida · rank #5,318 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,318
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH humedad
Nearest frequency peer: humedad (-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 “ida”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hipótesis
hipótesis
94,686 corpus weight
- hueso
hueso
94,685 corpus weight
- humedad
humedad
94,684 corpus weight
- ida
ida
94,683 corpus weight
- inicialmente
inicialmente
94,682 corpus weight
- integridad
integridad
94,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ida” 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 | ida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈið̞a] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #5,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ida” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ida is neighbouring look-alikes ("ir", "ii", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈið̞a]. Frequency #5,318 among 3,428 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
ida doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ir", "ii", "is", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ida, spelled I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de ir.
- 2Acción o efecto de irse o marcharse.
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.
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- "ida" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ir". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #5,318 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.