difference
/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns/
The verdict
“difference” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,075 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,075
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diferencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-difference · difference · Spanish
difference · rank #79,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,075
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH difuminado
Nearest frequency peer: difuminado (+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 “difference”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- detallaron
detallaron
20,930 corpus weight
- deterioros
deterioros
20,929 corpus weight
- devengados
devengados
20,928 corpus weight
- difference
difference
20,926 corpus weight
- difuminado
difuminado
20,925 corpus weight
- dirigíamos
dirigíamos
20,923 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “difference” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | difference |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “difference” en español
Rare enough to double-check
difference is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,075 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diferencia.".
No misspelling variants are generated for difference in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 difference, spelled D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Diferencia.
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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