juba
[ˈʒu.bɐ]
The verdict
“juba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,030 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,030
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Melena, pelos de la cabeza del león
Corpus desk
Index ES-juba · juba · Spanish
juba · rank #51,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,030
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH joystick
Nearest frequency peer: joystick (-1 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 “juba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- jem
jem
48,975 corpus weight
- jewel
jewel
48,974 corpus weight
- jour
jour
48,973 corpus weight
- joystick
joystick
48,972 corpus weight
- juba
juba
48,971 corpus weight
- korn
korn
48,968 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “juba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | juba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʒu.bɐ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “juba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
juba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,030 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʒu.bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for juba, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is juba, spelled J-U-B-A.
Definition
- 1Melena, pelos de la cabeza del león
- 2Cabello abundante
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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