wada
[waˈθa]
The verdict
“wada” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #87,390 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #87,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento musical de percusión formado por un zapallo ahuecado, cuyo interior contiene semillas pequeñas que suenan al agitarlo o golpearlo.
| 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) |
Where “wada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for wada is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [waˈθa]. Corpus data places it at rank #87,390 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “wada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is W-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [waˈθa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.