jab
[ˈʝaβ̞]
The verdict
“jab” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #54,321 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,321
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Golpe hecho con la mano delantera (débil), en general para crear espacio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jab |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝaβ̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jab” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jab is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝaβ̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,321 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Golpe hecho con la mano delantera (débil), en general para crear espacio.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jab in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is jab, spelled J-A-B.
Definition
- 1Golpe hecho con la mano delantera (débil), en general para crear espacio.
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 “jab”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʝaβ̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.