failed

/feɪld/

//feɪld// verb

The verdict

“failed” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,859 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,859
frequency rank, Spanish
18,759
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fallé, fallado, pasado simple y pasado participio del verbo fail.

Corpus desk

Index ES-failed · failed · Spanish

failed · rank #88,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,859
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 18,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ezquerra

Nearest frequency peer: Ezquerra (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “failed”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “failed” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for failed
PropertyValue
Headwordfailed
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/feɪld/
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “failed” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). failed lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

failed is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,859 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /feɪld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fallé, fallado, pasado simple y pasado participio del verbo fail.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for failed, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is failed, spelled F-A-I-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fallé, fallado, pasado simple y pasado participio del verbo fail.

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "failed"?
"failed" is spelled F-A-I-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /feɪld/.
What does "failed" mean?
As a verb, "failed" means: Fallé, fallado, pasado simple y pasado participio del verbo fail.
How do you pronounce "failed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "failed" is /feɪld/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "failed" come from?
"failed" 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 "failed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list