idus
[ˈið̞us]
The verdict
“idus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,307 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,307
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En el antiguo calendario romano y el eclesiástico, día medio del mes considerado de buenos augurios, que según la cuenta romana acaecía el día 15 de los meses de marzo, mayo, julio y octubre, y en ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | idus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈið̞us] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “idus” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
idus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,307 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈið̞us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En el antiguo calendario romano y el eclesiástico, día medio del mes considerado de buenos augurios, que según la cuenta romana acaecía el día 15 de los meses de marzo, mayo, julio y octubre, y en ...".
idus has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is idus, spelled I-D-U-S.
Definition
- 1En el antiguo calendario romano y el eclesiástico, día medio del mes considerado de buenos augurios, que según la cuenta romana acaecía el día 15 de los meses de marzo, mayo, julio y octubre, y en el día 13 los restantes.
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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 “idus”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-D-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.