abroad
/əˈbɹɔːd/
The verdict
“abroad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,457 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,457
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En el extranjero.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abroad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /əˈbɹɔːd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abroad” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abroad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,457 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /əˈbɹɔːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for abroad in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 abroad, spelled A-B-R-O-A-D.
Definition
- 1En el extranjero.
- 2En el exterior, al exterior.
- 3Por todas partes, en todas direcciones.
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 “abroad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-R-O-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈbɹɔːd/ (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.