rabbi
/ˈɹæ.baɪ/
The verdict
“rabbi” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #82,352 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,352
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rabí.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rabbi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹæ.baɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rabbi” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rabbi is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹæ.baɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #82,352 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rabí.".
rabbi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is rabbi, spelled R-A-B-B-I.
Definition
- 1Rabí.
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 “rabbi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-B-B-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹæ.baɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.