zarabanda
[saɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪a]
The verdict
“zarabanda” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Especie de tañido y danza viva y alegre que se ejecuta con desenvoltura y licencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zarabanda · zarabanda · Spanish
zarabanda · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zarabanda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zarabanda” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zarabanda is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [saɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
zarabanda has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zarabanda, spelled Z-A-R-A-B-A-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1Especie de tañido y danza viva y alegre que se ejecuta con desenvoltura y licencia.
- 2Cualquier cosa que causa ruido o bulla.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.