jíbaro
[ˈxiβ̞aɾo]
The verdict
“jíbaro” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Pueblo amazónico ubicado tradicionalmente en la selva tropical de Ecuador y Perú.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jibaro · jíbaro · Spanish
jíbaro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jíbaro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxiβ̞aɾo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jíbaro” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jíbaro is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxiβ̞aɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
jíbaro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is jíbaro, spelled J-Í-B-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Pueblo amazónico ubicado tradicionalmente en la selva tropical de Ecuador y Perú.
- 2Lengua hablada por los jíbaros₁.
- 3Cerdo salvaje parecido al jabalí que vive en la selva.
- 4Campesino.
- 5Vendedor de drogas (distribuidor).
Synonyms
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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.