jab
[ˈʝaβ̞]
The verdict
“jab” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,321 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,321
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe hecho con la mano delantera (débil), en general para crear espacio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jab · jab · Spanish
jab · rank #54,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,321
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH inviolable
Nearest frequency peer: inviolable (-2 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 “jab”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- interrogaron
interrogaron
45,685 corpus weight
- investigamos
investigamos
45,683 corpus weight
- inviolable
inviolable
45,682 corpus weight
- jab
jab
45,680 corpus weight
- jornalero
jornalero
45,676 corpus weight
- juntemos
juntemos
45,675 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “jab” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “jab” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jab is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,321 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʝaβ̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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