suba
[ˈsuβ̞a]
The verdict
“suba” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,629 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alza o subida de precio de tierras, mercaderías, acciones u otras cosas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsuβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for suba is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsuβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,629 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alza o subida de precio de tierras, mercaderías, acciones u otras cosas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for suba, with forms such as "sbua", "ssuba", and "suab". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sus", "sur", "sun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is suba, spelled S-U-B-A.
Definition
- 1Alza o subida de precio de tierras, mercaderías, acciones u otras cosas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sbua,ssuba,suab,subba,suva,usba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suba - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “suba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsuβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sus” - see the side-by-side comparison. suba vs sus
- 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.