ribera

/[riˈβ̞eɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,178

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

ribera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Terreno inmediatamente adyacente a un curso o espejo de agua. Pronounced [riˈβ̞eɾa]. It ranks #8,178 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with river and Riera.

Key facts for ribera
PropertyValue
Headwordribera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[riˈβ̞eɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,178
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ribera is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [riˈβ̞eɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,178 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for ribera, with forms such as "irbera", "rbiera", and "ribbera". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "river", "Riera", "rider", 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 ribera, spelled R-I-B-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terreno inmediatamente adyacente a un curso o espejo de agua.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, el terreno aledaño.
  3. 3
    Terraplén reforzado que se eleva junto a las presas para contener el agua.
  4. 4
    Huerto inmediatamente adyacente a un curso o espejo de agua.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irbera,rbiera,ribbera,ribear,riberra,ribrea,riebra,rribera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ribera

Misspelling Variants of "ribera"

irbera6rbiera6ribbera7ribear6riberra7ribrea6riebra6rribera7
Misspelling Variants of "ribera"

Frequency rank: #8,178 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ribera"?
"ribera" is spelled R-I-B-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [riˈβ̞eɾa].
What does "ribera" mean?
As a noun, "ribera" means: Terreno inmediatamente adyacente a un curso o espejo de agua.
What words are commonly confused with "ribera"?
"ribera" is commonly confused with "river", "Riera", "rider". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ribera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ribera" is [riˈβ̞eɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ribera" come from?
"ribera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.