verbena
[beɾˈβ̞ena]
The verdict
“verbena” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,396 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,396
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Verbena spp.) Cualquiera de unas 250 especies de plantas de flor, aromáticas y muy rústicas, nativas de todo el globo, cultivadas desde la Antigüedad como ornamentales, medicinales y como ofrendas...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verbena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beɾˈβ̞ena] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verbena” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for verbena is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beɾˈβ̞ena]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,396 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for verbena, with forms such as "berbena", "evrbena", and "vebrena". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vereda", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is verbena, spelled V-E-R-B-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Verbena spp.) Cualquiera de unas 250 especies de plantas de flor, aromáticas y muy rústicas, nativas de todo el globo, cultivadas desde la Antigüedad como ornamentales, medicinales y como ofrendas religiosas
- 2Fiesta popular nocturna y al aire libre, con música y baile
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: berbena,evrbena,vebrena,verbbena,verbean,verbenna,verbnea,verebna,verrbena,vervena,vrebena,vverbena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verbena - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “verbena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-R-B-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beɾˈβ̞ena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vereda” - see the side-by-side comparison. verbena vs vereda
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.