abroad
/əˈbɹɔːd/
The verdict
“abroad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,457 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,457
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En el extranjero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-abroad · abroad · Spanish
abroad · rank #88,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,457
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH abnegado
Nearest frequency peer: abnegado (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “abroad”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ñublense
ñublense
11,552 corpus weight
- Abiyán
Abiyán
11,546 corpus weight
- abnegado
abnegado
11,545 corpus weight
- abroad
abroad
11,544 corpus weight
- acaparadores
acaparadores
11,543 corpus weight
- acuchillar
acuchillar
11,537 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “abroad” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “abroad” en español
Rare enough to double-check
abroad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,457 among 7,704 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abroad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.
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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