alarido
[alaˈɾið̞o]
The verdict
“alarido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,445 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,445
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grito quejumbroso que se emite por algún dolor, pena, conflicto o alegría repentina.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alarido · alarido · Spanish
alarido · rank #85,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,445
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alarmada
Nearest frequency peer: alarmada (+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 “alarido”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ajustarán
ajustarán
14,559 corpus weight
- alarido
alarido
14,556 corpus weight
- alarmada
alarmada
14,555 corpus weight
- alcaldesas
alcaldesas
14,554 corpus weight
- alcanzase
alcanzase
14,553 corpus weight
- aleatoriedad
aleatoriedad
14,552 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alarido” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alarido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alaˈɾið̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alarido” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alarido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,445 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alaˈɾið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alarido, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is alarido, spelled A-L-A-R-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Grito quejumbroso que se emite por algún dolor, pena, conflicto o alegría repentina.
- 2En sentido figurado, grito vigoroso y fuerte.
- 3Grito de guerra empleado por la tropa al entrar en combate.
This word in other languages
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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