idle
/ˈaɪ.dəl/
The verdict
“idle” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #81,058 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #81,058
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Desocupado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | idle |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈaɪ.dəl/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “idle” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for idle is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈaɪ.dəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #81,058 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Desocupado.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for idle, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is idle, spelled I-D-L-E.
Definition
- 1Desocupado.
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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Using “idle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-D-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈaɪ.dəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.