debt

/dɛt/

//dɛt// noun

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The verdict

“debt” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,831 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,831
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endeudamiento.

Corpus desk

Index ES-debt · debt · Spanish

debt · rank #66,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,831
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH debatirse

Nearest frequency peer: debatirse (-2 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 “debt”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “debt” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for debt
PropertyValue
Headworddebt
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɛt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#66,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “debt” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).debtcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “debatirse” (#66,829), “deducen” (#66,834), “degenerativa” (#66,835). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “debt” va en #66,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

debt is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,831 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for debt in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists 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 debt, spelled D-E-B-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Endeudamiento.
  2. 2
    Deuda.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "debt"?
"debt" is spelled D-E-B-T. The IPA pronunciation is /dɛt/.
What does "debt" mean?
As a noun, "debt" means: Endeudamiento.
How do you pronounce "debt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "debt" is /dɛt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "debt" come from?
"debt" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "debt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

culé#66,820crin#66,813esse#66,918bosa#66,720

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list