frívolos
[ˈfɾiβ̞olos]
The verdict
“frívolos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,799 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,799
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de frívolo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-frivolos · frívolos · Spanish
frívolos · rank #85,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,799
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,759
- PHOTO-FINISH frote
Nearest frequency peer: frote (-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 “frívolos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- frecuentaban
frecuentaban
14,206 corpus weight
- frigoríficas
frigoríficas
14,205 corpus weight
- frote
frote
14,204 corpus weight
- frívolos
frívolos
14,202 corpus weight
- fueguino
fueguino
14,200 corpus weight
- fulanos
fulanos
14,199 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “frívolos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frívolos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfɾiβ̞olos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frívolos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
frívolos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,799 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɾiβ̞olos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de frívolo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frívolos, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 frívolos, spelled F-R-Í-V-O-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de frívolo.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 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.