handsome
/ˈhæn.səm/
The verdict
“handsome” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,508 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,508
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bello, guapo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-handsome · handsome · Spanish
handsome · rank #98,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,508
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH halos
Nearest frequency peer: halos (-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 “handsome”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hafiz
hafiz
1,498 corpus weight
- halos
halos
1,494 corpus weight
- handsome
handsome
1,493 corpus weight
- Hattie
Hattie
1,491 corpus weight
- Haut
Haut
1,490 corpus weight
- herbívoro
herbívoro
1,488 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “handsome” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | handsome |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhæn.səm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “handsome” en español
Rare enough to double-check
handsome is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,508 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhæn.səm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bello, guapo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for handsome in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 handsome, spelled H-A-N-D-S-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Bello, guapo.
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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