lad
/læd/
The verdict
“lad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,726 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,726
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muchacho, joven.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lad · lad · Spanish
lad · rank #51,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,726
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lactante
Nearest frequency peer: lactante (-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 “lad”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- laborable
laborable
48,277 corpus weight
- lactante
lactante
48,276 corpus weight
- lad
lad
48,275 corpus weight
- laja
laja
48,274 corpus weight
- lamentado
lamentado
48,273 corpus weight
- lapsos
lapsos
48,272 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lad” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /læd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lad” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,726 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /læd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for lad in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is lad, spelled L-A-D.
Definition
- 1Muchacho, joven.
- 2Mozo de caballeriza.
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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