deadly
/ˈdɛd.li/
The verdict
“deadly” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,244 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,244
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mortal, mortífero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-deadly · deadly · Spanish
deadly · rank #97,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,244
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH debilitante
Nearest frequency peer: debilitante (+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 “deadly”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cámbrico
cámbrico
2,762 corpus weight
- céltico
céltico
2,761 corpus weight
- deadly
deadly
2,757 corpus weight
- debilitante
debilitante
2,756 corpus weight
- decimotercer
decimotercer
2,755 corpus weight
- deeds
deeds
2,753 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “deadly” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deadly |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɛd.li/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “deadly” en español
Rare enough to double-check
deadly is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,244 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɛd.li/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mortal, mortífero.".
deadly has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is deadly, spelled D-E-A-D-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Mortal, mortífero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how deadly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover
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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