valvas
[ˈbalβ̞as]
The verdict
“valvas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,758 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,758
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de valva.
Corpus desk
Index ES-valvas · valvas · Spanish
valvas · rank #78,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,758
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH valuada
Nearest frequency peer: valuada (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “valvas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- valo
valo
21,245 corpus weight
- valuada
valuada
21,244 corpus weight
- valvas
valvas
21,243 corpus weight
- vanagloria
vanagloria
21,242 corpus weight
- veranear
veranear
21,241 corpus weight
- victim
victim
21,240 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “valvas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valvas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbalβ̞as] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “valvas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
valvas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,758 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbalβ̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de valva.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for valvas, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 valvas, spelled V-A-L-V-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de valva.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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