darkness
/ˈdɑːk.nəs/
The verdict
“darkness” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,234 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,234
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oscuridad, tinieblas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-darkness · darkness · Spanish
darkness · rank #56,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,234
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH decimotercera
Nearest frequency peer: decimotercera (+3 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 “darkness”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- currado
currado
43,774 corpus weight
- Curran
Curran
43,773 corpus weight
- cuy
cuy
43,772 corpus weight
- darkness
darkness
43,767 corpus weight
- decimoterce…
decimotercera
43,764 corpus weight
- declarase
declarase
43,762 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “darkness” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | darkness |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɑːk.nəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “darkness” en español
Rare enough to double-check
darkness is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,234 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɑːk.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for darkness in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is darkness, spelled D-A-R-K-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Oscuridad, tinieblas.
- 2Ceguera.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how darkness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness
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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