víbora
[ˈbiβ̞oɾa]
The verdict
“víbora” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,698 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,698
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — En sentido estricto, serpientes pertenecientes a la subfamilia Viperinae, que junto con los crótalos(Crotalinae) forman la familia de los Vipéridos (Viperidae). La mayoría de las especies son muy v...
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 | víbora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbiβ̞oɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “víbora” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for víbora is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbiβ̞oɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,698 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En sentido estricto, serpientes pertenecientes a la subfamilia Viperinae, que junto con los crótalos(Crotalinae) forman la familia de los Vipéridos (Viperidae). La mayoría de las especies son muy v...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for víbora, with forms such as "bíbora", "vbíora", and "vvíbora". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Vira", "vigor", "viola", 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 víbora, spelled V-Í-B-O-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1En sentido estricto, serpientes pertenecientes a la subfamilia Viperinae, que junto con los crótalos(Crotalinae) forman la familia de los Vipéridos (Viperidae). La mayoría de las especies son muy venenosas y poseen dos colmillos huecos con los que inyectan el veneno en la mordedura. Son muy peligrosas para el hombre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bíbora,vbíora,vvíbora,víbbora,víboar,víborra,víbroa,víobra,vívora,ívbora
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of víbora - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "víbora"
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 “víbora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-Í-B-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbiβ̞oɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vira” - see the side-by-side comparison. víbora vs Vira
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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