zamba
[ˈsãmba]
The verdict
“zamba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,646 among 5,985 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,646
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,985
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Danza de pareja suelta independiente, de amplia dispersión geográfica en Argentina, que se baila intensamente en el norte y oeste del país.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zamba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsãmba] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zamba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zamba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,646 among 5,985 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsãmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for zamba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 zamba, spelled Z-A-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Danza de pareja suelta independiente, de amplia dispersión geográfica en Argentina, que se baila intensamente en el norte y oeste del país.
- 2Música de la zamba.
- 3Embuste.
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 “zamba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-A-M-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsãmba] (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.