silba
[ˈsilβ̞a]
The verdict
“silba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,926 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,926
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de silbar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-silba · silba · Spanish
silba · rank #55,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,926
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH significantes
Nearest frequency peer: significantes (-1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “silba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- shady
shady
44,080 corpus weight
- signal
signal
44,077 corpus weight
- significant…
significantes
44,076 corpus weight
- silba
silba
44,075 corpus weight
- simply
simply
44,073 corpus weight
- sintetizado…
sintetizadores
44,070 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “silba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsilβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “silba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
silba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,926 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈsilβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
silba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is silba, spelled S-I-L-B-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de silbar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de silbar.
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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