wada
[waˈθa]
The verdict
“wada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,390 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento musical de percusión formado por un zapallo ahuecado, cuyo interior contiene semillas pequeñas que suenan al agitarlo o golpearlo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-wada · wada · Spanish
wada · rank #87,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,390
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH vulnerada
Nearest frequency peer: vulnerada (-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 “wada”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- volarán
volarán
12,615 corpus weight
- vueltita
vueltita
12,614 corpus weight
- vulnerada
vulnerada
12,613 corpus weight
- wada
wada
12,611 corpus weight
- wanderer
wanderer
12,609 corpus weight
- Wien
Wien
12,607 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “wada” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [waˈθa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “wada” en español
Rare enough to double-check
wada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,390 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [waˈθa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento musical de percusión formado por un zapallo ahuecado, cuyo interior contiene semillas pequeñas que suenan al agitarlo o golpearlo.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wada, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is wada, spelled W-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento musical de percusión formado por un zapallo ahuecado, cuyo interior contiene semillas pequeñas que suenan al agitarlo o golpearlo.
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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