afraid
/əˈfɹeɪd/
The verdict
“afraid” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,513 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,513
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temeroso, tener miedo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-afraid · afraid · Spanish
afraid · rank #84,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,513
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH afiliar
Nearest frequency peer: afiliar (-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 “afraid”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Adèle
Adèle
15,492 corpus weight
- afilando
afilando
15,490 corpus weight
- afiliar
afiliar
15,489 corpus weight
- afraid
afraid
15,488 corpus weight
- agotadoras
agotadoras
15,486 corpus weight
- agrandada
agrandada
15,484 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “afraid” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | afraid |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈfɹeɪd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “afraid” en español
Rare enough to double-check
afraid is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,513 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈfɹeɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
afraid doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is afraid, spelled A-F-R-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1Temeroso, tener miedo.
- 2Reluctante, receloso.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how afraid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do not be afraid; only believe.
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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