trabaja

/[t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,460

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

trabaja is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trabajar. Pronounced [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa]. It ranks #1,460 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with trabas and trabar.

Key facts for trabaja
PropertyValue
Headwordtrabaja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,460
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of trabaja in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for trabaja is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,460 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for trabaja, with forms such as "rtabaja", "tarbaja", and "traabja". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "trabas", "trabar", "trabajo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is trabaja, spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trabajar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de trabajar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtabaja,tarbaja,traabja,trabaaj,trabajja,trabbaja,trabjaa,travaja,trbaaja,trrabaja,ttrabaja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trabaja

Misspelling Variants of "trabaja"

rtabaja7tarbaja7traabja7trabaaj7trabajja8trabbaja8trabjaa7travaja7
Misspelling Variants of "trabaja"

Frequency rank: #1,460 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trabaja"?
"trabaja" is spelled T-R-A-B-A-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa].
What does "trabaja" mean?
As a verb, "trabaja" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trabajar.
What words are commonly confused with "trabaja"?
"trabaja" is commonly confused with "trabas", "trabar", "trabajo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trabaja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trabaja" is [t̪ɾaˈβ̞axa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trabaja" come from?
"trabaja" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.