bellaco
[beˈʝako]
The verdict
“bellaco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,723 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,723
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para el engaño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bellaco · bellaco · Spanish
bellaco · rank #52,723 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,723
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bautizos
Nearest frequency peer: bautizos (-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 “bellaco”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- barítono
barítono
47,281 corpus weight
- basando
basando
47,280 corpus weight
- bautizos
bautizos
47,279 corpus weight
- bellaco
bellaco
47,278 corpus weight
- bemol
bemol
47,276 corpus weight
- bendigo
bendigo
47,275 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bellaco” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bellaco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [beˈʝako] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bellaco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bellaco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,723 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [beˈʝako]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
bellaco has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is bellaco, spelled B-E-L-L-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para el engaño.
- 2Diestro y sutil para planear o realizar una acción, especialmente sin despertar sospechas.
- 3Dicho de un caballo, imperfectamente adiestrado y de mal talante.
- 4Que tiene coraje para enfrentar una situación o momento adversos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bellaco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
poco a poco, con ayuda de las buenas gentes di conmigo en esta insigne ciudad de Toledo, adonde, con la merced de Dios, dende a quince días se me cerró la herida; y mientras estaba malo, siempre me daban alguna limosna, mas después que estuve sano, todos me decían: “Tú, bellaco y gallofero eres. Busca, busca un amo a quien sirvas.”.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).