delay
[d̪iˈlej]
The verdict
“delay” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,838 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,838
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En telecomunicaciones, demora que se produce entre la emisión y la recepción.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | delay |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪iˈlej] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “delay” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
delay is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,838 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪iˈlej]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for delay, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is delay, spelled D-E-L-A-Y.
Definition
- 1En telecomunicaciones, demora que se produce entre la emisión y la recepción.
- 2Demora que se produce en la comprensión de una cosa.
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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Using “delay”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-L-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.