edificando
[eð̞ifiˈkãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“edificando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,249 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,249
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de edificar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | edificando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eð̞ifiˈkãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “edificando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
edificando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,249 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [eð̞ifiˈkãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de edificar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for edificando in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 edificando, spelled E-D-I-F-I-C-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de edificar.
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 “edificando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-D-I-F-I-C-A-N-D-O - 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.