rumbas
[ˈrũmbas]
The verdict
“rumbas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,765 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,765
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,955
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de rumba.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rumbas · rumbas · Spanish
rumbas · rank #96,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,765
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,955
- PHOTO-FINISH rotatorios
Nearest frequency peer: rotatorios (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rumbas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rictus
rictus
3,246 corpus weight
- roan
roan
3,242 corpus weight
- romaníes
romaníes
3,240 corpus weight
- rotatorios
rotatorios
3,239 corpus weight
- rumbas
rumbas
3,236 corpus weight
- sabotea
sabotea
3,232 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rumbas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rumbas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrũmbas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rumbas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rumbas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,765 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈrũmbas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de rumba.".
No misspelling variants are generated for rumbas in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is rumbas, spelled R-U-M-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de rumba.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.