Zabala
[saˈβ̞ala]
The verdict
“Zabala” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,832
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zabala · Zabala · Spanish
Zabala · rank #35,832 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,832
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH Yvonne
Nearest frequency peer: Yvonne (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Zabala”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- yellow
yellow
64,172 corpus weight
- yerbas
yerbas
64,171 corpus weight
- Yvonne
Yvonne
64,170 corpus weight
- Zabala
Zabala
64,169 corpus weight
- ze
ze
64,168 corpus weight
- zi
zi
64,167 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zabala” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Zabala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saˈβ̞ala] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “Zabala” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Zabala (IPA [saˈβ̞ala]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,832 among 220 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apellido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zabala, with forms such as "azbala", "zaabla", and "zabaal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "zapata", "Zavala", "Zabaleta", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Zabala, spelled Z-A-B-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azbala
- zaabla
- zabaal
- zaballa
- zabbala
- zablaa
- zbaala
- zzabala
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zabala - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zabala", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Zabala". Here's where to go from here.
- "Zabala" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "zapata". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #35,832 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "Z" letter cohort. Z–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.