tribe
/tɹaɪb/
The verdict
“tribe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,638 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,638
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tribu.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tribe · tribe · Spanish
tribe · rank #79,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,638
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tratantes
Nearest frequency peer: tratantes (-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 “tribe”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- trabajase
trabajase
20,367 corpus weight
- transigir
transigir
20,366 corpus weight
- transmites
transmites
20,365 corpus weight
- tratantes
tratantes
20,364 corpus weight
- tribe
tribe
20,363 corpus weight
- trolebús
trolebús
20,360 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tribe” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tribe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɹaɪb/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tribe” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tribe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,638 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɹaɪb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tribe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 tribe, spelled T-R-I-B-E.
Definition
- 1Tribu.
- 2Clan, familia.
- 3Linaje.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tribe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation
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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