parábola
[paˈɾaβ̞ola]
The verdict
“parábola” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,105
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Narración ficticia breve sobre un tema que pudo ocurrir realmente en la vida o la naturaleza, donde por medio de analogía o semejanza se forma una moraleja.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parábola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈɾaβ̞ola] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parábola” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around parábola (IPA [paˈɾaβ̞ola]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,105 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for parábola, with forms such as "aprábola", "parbáola", and "parrábola". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "paralela", "paradoja", "paranoia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is parábola, spelled P-A-R-Á-B-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Narración ficticia breve sobre un tema que pudo ocurrir realmente en la vida o la naturaleza, donde por medio de analogía o semejanza se forma una moraleja.
- 2Es una sección cónica generada al cortar un cono recto con un plano paralelo a la directriz.
- 3Es la curva descrita por el conjunto de puntos que equidistan de una recta (eje o directriz) y un punto fijo llamado foco.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprábola
- parbáola
- parrábola
- parábbola
- parábloa
- paráboal
- parábolla
- paráobla
- parávola
- paárbola
- pparábola
- praábola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parábola - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “parábola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-Á-B-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈɾaβ̞ola] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “paralela” - see the side-by-side comparison. parábola vs paralela
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.