envy
/ˈɛn.vi/
The verdict
“envy” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,059 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,059
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Envidia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-envy · envy · Spanish
envy · rank #94,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,059
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH entrábamos
Nearest frequency peer: entrábamos (-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 “envy”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- entorpecido
entorpecido
5,945 corpus weight
- entrecruzam…
entrecruzamiento
5,944 corpus weight
- entrábamos
entrábamos
5,943 corpus weight
- envy
envy
5,942 corpus weight
- episódica
episódica
5,940 corpus weight
- equinoccios
equinoccios
5,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “envy” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | envy |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛn.vi/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “envy” en español
Rare enough to double-check
envy is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,059 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛn.vi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for envy, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is envy, spelled E-N-V-Y.
Definition
- 1Envidia.
- 2Envidia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how envy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things
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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