jaiba
[ˈxajβ̞a]
The verdict
“jaiba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,582 among 7,810 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,582
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Crustáceo decápodo provisto de dos fuertes pinzas, con un aspecto semejante al del cangrejo. Pertenece al grupo de los braquiuros. Es un artrópodo carroñero, muy apreciado como marisco. Existen var...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jaiba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxajβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jaiba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jaiba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,582 among 7,810 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxajβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Crustáceo decápodo provisto de dos fuertes pinzas, con un aspecto semejante al del cangrejo. Pertenece al grupo de los braquiuros. Es un artrópodo carroñero, muy apreciado como marisco. Existen var...".
No misspelling variants are generated for jaiba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is jaiba, spelled J-A-I-B-A.
Definition
- 1Crustáceo decápodo provisto de dos fuertes pinzas, con un aspecto semejante al del cangrejo. Pertenece al grupo de los braquiuros. Es un artrópodo carroñero, muy apreciado como marisco. Existen varias especies.
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 “jaiba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-I-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxajβ̞a] (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.