Urba
[ˈuɾβ̞a]
The verdict
“Urba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,651 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,651
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-urba · Urba · Spanish
Urba · rank #79,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,651
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH uro
Nearest frequency peer: uro (+2 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 “Urba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tusa
tusa
20,356 corpus weight
- tutelado
tutelado
20,355 corpus weight
- Urba
Urba
20,350 corpus weight
- uro
uro
20,348 corpus weight
- usáis
usáis
20,346 corpus weight
- valorizar
valorizar
20,345 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Urba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Urba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈuɾβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Urba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Urba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,651 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈuɾβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Urba has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Urba, spelled U-R-B-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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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