verbal

/[beɾˈβ̞al]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,557

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

verbal is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a la palabra, o la emplea. Pronounced [beɾˈβ̞al]. It ranks #9,557 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with verga and verbo.

Key facts for verbal
PropertyValue
Headwordverbal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[beɾˈβ̞al]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,557
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for verbal is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beɾˈβ̞al]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,557 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 verbal, with forms such as "berbal", "evrbal", and "vebral". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "verga", "verbo", "viral", 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 verbal, spelled V-E-R-B-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a la palabra, o la emplea.
  2. 2
    Que se lleva a cabo con la voz y no a través de la escritura.
  3. 3
    Que pertenece o concierne al verbo (tipo de palabra que contiene en sí marcas gramaticales de persona, número, tiempo, modo y aspecto).
  4. 4
    Referido a una estructura sintáctica: Que tiene un verbo como su núcleo.
  5. 5
    Se dice de una palabra que deriva de un verbo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: berbal,evrbal,vebral,verabl,verball,verbbal,verbla,verrbal,verval,vrebal,vverbal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verbal

Misspelling Variants of "verbal"

berbal6evrbal6vebral6verabl6verball7verbbal7verbla6verrbal7
Misspelling Variants of "verbal"

Frequency rank: #9,557 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verbal"?
"verbal" is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [beɾˈβ̞al].
What does "verbal" mean?
As an adj, "verbal" means: Que pertenece o concierne a la palabra, o la emplea.
What words are commonly confused with "verbal"?
"verbal" is commonly confused with "verga", "verbo", "viral". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verbal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbal" is [beɾˈβ̞al]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbal" come from?
"verbal" 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.