rabia

/[ˈraβ̞ja]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,374

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rabia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Enfermedad infecciosa del sistema nervioso, producida por un virus que provoca una encefalitis aguda que resulta fatal, salvo que se trate antes de la aparición de los síntomas en el período inmedi... Pronounced [ˈraβ̞ja]. It ranks #4,374 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ría and Rai.

Key facts for rabia
PropertyValue
Headwordrabia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈraβ̞ja]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,374
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rabia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rabia is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈraβ̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,374 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rabia, with forms such as "arbia", "rabai", and "rabbia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ría", "Rai", "raza", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is rabia, spelled R-A-B-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfermedad infecciosa del sistema nervioso, producida por un virus que provoca una encefalitis aguda que resulta fatal, salvo que se trate antes de la aparición de los síntomas en el período inmediatamente posterior a la infección. Afecta a varias especies de animales, en especial carnívoros y roedores, y al ser humano, y en muchos países es una causa importante de muertes.
  2. 2
    Sensación persistente y aguda de ira o fuerte enfado.
  3. 3
    Roya que afecta a veces al garbanzo cuando se expone al sol estando mojado (por la lluvia, al rociarlo, etc.).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arbia,rabai,rabbia,raiba,ravia,rbaia,rrabia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rabia

Misspelling Variants of "rabia"

arbia5rabai5rabbia6raiba5ravia5rbaia5rrabia6
Misspelling Variants of "rabia"

Frequency rank: #4,374 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rabia"?
"rabia" is spelled R-A-B-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈraβ̞ja].
What does "rabia" mean?
As a noun, "rabia" means: Enfermedad infecciosa del sistema nervioso, producida por un virus que provoca una encefalitis aguda que resulta fatal, salvo que se trate antes de la aparición de los síntomas en el período inmedi...
What words are commonly confused with "rabia"?
"rabia" is commonly confused with "ría", "Rai", "raza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabia" is [ˈraβ̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabia" come from?
"rabia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.