holgado
[olˈɣ̞að̞o]
The verdict
“holgado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,107 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,107
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sin ocupación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-holgado · holgado · Spanish
holgado · rank #57,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,107
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH honramos
Nearest frequency peer: honramos (+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 “holgado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- helipuerto
helipuerto
42,899 corpus weight
- hilado
hilado
42,897 corpus weight
- holgado
holgado
42,894 corpus weight
- honramos
honramos
42,893 corpus weight
- hostería
hostería
42,892 corpus weight
- hundiéndose
hundiéndose
42,890 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “holgado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holgado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [olˈɣ̞að̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “holgado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
holgado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,107 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [olˈɣ̞að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for holgado, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is holgado, spelled H-O-L-G-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Sin ocupación.
- 2Ancho y sobrado para lo que ha de contener.
- 3Dícese del que está desempeñado en la hacienda, y le sobra algo después de hecho el gasto de su casa.; que vive en bienestar económico y sin angustias.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how holgado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
me hice un traje entero, esto es, una casaca y un pantalón abierto en las rodillas, ambos holgados para que fuesen frescos.
Synonyms
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).