futilidad

[fut̪iliˈð̞að̞]

/[fut̪iliˈð̞að̞]/ noun

The verdict

“futilidad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,356 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,356
frequency rank, Spanish
2,333
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poca o ninguna importancia de una cosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-futilidad · futilidad · Spanish

futilidad · rank #76,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,356
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,333
  • PHOTO-FINISH fusionando

Nearest frequency peer: fusionando (-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 “futilidad”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “futilidad” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for futilidad
PropertyValue
Headwordfutilidad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fut̪iliˈð̞að̞]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,356
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “futilidad” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).futilidadcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “fusionando” (#76,355), “galimatías” (#76,358), “fungicidas” (#76,353). Entre 2,333 lemas con “F”, “futilidad” va en #76,356. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

futilidad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,356 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fut̪iliˈð̞að̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

futilidad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is futilidad, spelled F-U-T-I-L-I-D-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poca o ninguna importancia de una cosa.
  2. 2
    Trivialidad, algo de escasa importancia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how futilidad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Los rasgos culturales hispánicos y portugueses, que fueron trasplantados a la América Latina, constituyen un buen ejemplo de esto. El sentido de la futilidad de los asuntos mundanos, unido a un profundo sentimiento religioso, actúan como frenos efectivos a la constitución de una tradición científica (Roche, 1975 y 1976b)».

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "futilidad"?
"futilidad" is spelled F-U-T-I-L-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [fut̪iliˈð̞að̞].
What does "futilidad" mean?
As a noun, "futilidad" means: Poca o ninguna importancia de una cosa.
How do you pronounce "futilidad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "futilidad" is [fut̪iliˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "futilidad", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list