jaiba
[ˈxajβ̞a]
The verdict
“jaiba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,582 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,582
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-jaiba · jaiba · Spanish
jaiba · rank #98,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,582
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH Ivanovic
Nearest frequency peer: Ivanovic (-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 “jaiba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- investigaría
investigaría
1,426 corpus weight
- iro
iro
1,423 corpus weight
- irrisorios
irrisorios
1,422 corpus weight
- Ivanovic
Ivanovic
1,421 corpus weight
- jaiba
jaiba
1,419 corpus weight
- juanetes
juanetes
1,413 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “jaiba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “jaiba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jaiba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,582 among 645 “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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