Sabadell
[saβ̞aˈð̞el]
The verdict
“Sabadell” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,856 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #22,856
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Municipio español de la provincia de Barcelona. Actualmente es la cocapital de la comarca del Vallés Occidental, junto con Tarrasa, su ciudad vecina. El municipio, quinto de Cataluña, después de Ba...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sabadell |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saβ̞aˈð̞el] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sabadell” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Sabadell is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saβ̞aˈð̞el]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,856 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Municipio español de la provincia de Barcelona. Actualmente es la cocapital de la comarca del Vallés Occidental, junto con Tarrasa, su ciudad vecina. El municipio, quinto de Cataluña, después de Ba...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sabadell, with forms such as "asbadell", "saabdell", and "sabaddell". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Sabadell, spelled S-A-B-A-D-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Municipio español de la provincia de Barcelona. Actualmente es la cocapital de la comarca del Vallés Occidental, junto con Tarrasa, su ciudad vecina. El municipio, quinto de Cataluña, después de Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona y Tarrasa, cuenta con 207.938 habitantes (INE 2012), denominados sabadellenses (en catalán: sabadellencs/ sabadellencas).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asbadell,saabdell,sabaddell,sabadel,sabadlel,sabaedll,sabbadell,sabdaell,savadell,sbaadell,ssabadell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sabadell - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Sabadell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-B-A-D-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saβ̞aˈð̞el] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.