raba
[ˈraβ̞a]
The verdict
“raba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,347 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,347
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trozo de calamar rebozado y frito. Se usa más en plural.
Corpus desk
Index ES-raba · raba · Spanish
raba · rank #92,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,347
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Quepo
Nearest frequency peer: Quepo (-3 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 “raba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pétreos
pétreos
7,663 corpus weight
- pústulas
pústulas
7,662 corpus weight
- Quepo
Quepo
7,657 corpus weight
- raba
raba
7,654 corpus weight
- rano
rano
7,649 corpus weight
- rebosando
rebosando
7,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “raba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈraβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “raba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
raba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,347 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈraβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for raba, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is raba, spelled R-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Trozo de calamar rebozado y frito. Se usa más en plural.
- 2Vómito.
- 3Cebo que emplean los pescadores, hecho con huevas de bacalao.
- 4Tentáculo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how raba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sentó mal la comida y echó la raba.
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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