Zabaleta
[saβ̞aˈlet̪a]
The verdict
“Zabaleta” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #46,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,284
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zabaleta · Zabaleta · Spanish
Zabaleta · rank #46,284 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #46,284
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH yet
Nearest frequency peer: yet (-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 “Zabaleta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- winner
winner
53,720 corpus weight
- yet
yet
53,718 corpus weight
- Zabaleta
Zabaleta
53,717 corpus weight
- ácaros
ácaros
53,716 corpus weight
- éticamente
éticamente
53,715 corpus weight
- abdicar
abdicar
53,710 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zabaleta” 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 | Zabaleta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saβ̞aˈlet̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “Zabaleta” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Zabaleta (IPA [saβ̞aˈlet̪a]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,284 among 220 “Z” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apellido.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Zabaleta, with forms such as "azbaleta", "zaableta", and "zabaelta". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Zabala", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Zabaleta, spelled Z-A-B-A-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- azbaleta
- zaableta
- zabaelta
- zabaleat
- zabaletta
- zaballeta
- zabaltea
- zabbaleta
- zablaeta
- zavaleta
- zbaaleta
- zzabaleta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Zabaleta - 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 "Zabaleta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Zabaleta". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Zabala". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #46,284 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.