sabandija
[saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa]
The verdict
“sabandija” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,539 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,539
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquier animalillo considerado perjudicial o fastidioso, generalmente de movimientos rápidos y escurridizos. Generalmente refiere a los insectos rastreros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sabandija |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sabandija” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sabandija is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,539 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sabandija in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sabandija, spelled S-A-B-A-N-D-I-J-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquier animalillo considerado perjudicial o fastidioso, generalmente de movimientos rápidos y escurridizos. Generalmente refiere a los insectos rastreros.
- 2Persona ruin, baja y despreciable.
- 3Niño movido y travieso.
- 4Persona que coquetea a menudo evitando compromisos.
- 5Persona siendo engañada por su pareja en situaciones complicadas.
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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 “sabandija”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-B-A-N-D-I-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [saβ̞ãn̪ˈd̪ixa] (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.