ribete
[riˈβ̞et̪e]
The verdict
“ribete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,265 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,265
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cinta o cosa equivalente con que se guarnece y refuerza la orilla del vestido, calzado, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ribete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [riˈβ̞et̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ribete” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ribete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,265 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [riˈβ̞et̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ribete in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ribete, spelled R-I-B-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cinta o cosa equivalente con que se guarnece y refuerza la orilla del vestido, calzado, etc.
- 2Añadidura, aumento, acrecentamiento.
- 3Entre jugadores, interés que pacta el que presta a otro una cantidad de dinero en la casa de juego para que continúe en él, y se debe pagar fuera de la suerte principal.
- 4Adorno que se añade en la conversación a algún caso, refiriéndolo con alguna circunstancia de reflexión o de gracia.
This word in other languages
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 “ribete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-I-B-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.