árida
[ˈaɾið̞a]
The verdict
“árida” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,649 among 60 “Á” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,649
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 60
- “Á” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de árido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arida · árida · Spanish
árida · rank #50,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,649
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 60
- PHOTO-FINISH Zuloaga
Nearest frequency peer: Zuloaga (-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 “árida”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- yucateca
yucateca
49,356 corpus weight
- zamba
zamba
49,355 corpus weight
- zigzag
zigzag
49,354 corpus weight
- Zuloaga
Zuloaga
49,353 corpus weight
- árida
árida
49,352 corpus weight
- abordada
abordada
49,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “árida” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | árida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɾið̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “árida” en español
Rare enough to double-check
árida is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,649 among 60 “Á” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaɾið̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de árido.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for árida, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is árida, spelled Á-R-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de árido.
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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