gélido
[ˈxelið̞o]
The verdict
“gélido” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,419 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,419
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de lo que está muy frío.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gelido · gélido · Spanish
gélido · rank #65,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,419
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH Halifax
Nearest frequency peer: Halifax (+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 “gélido”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Greece
Greece
34,587 corpus weight
- gélido
gélido
34,582 corpus weight
- Halifax
Halifax
34,581 corpus weight
- having
having
34,580 corpus weight
- Haydn
Haydn
34,579 corpus weight
- hebillas
hebillas
34,578 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gélido” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gélido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈxelið̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gélido” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gélido is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,419 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈxelið̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
gélido doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gélido, spelled G-É-L-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Dícese de lo que está muy frío.
- 2Helado, glacial.
- 3Dícese del tratamiento distante o apático.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gélido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tuve un trato gélido en la oficina.
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.
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