mal educado
[ˈmal eð̞uˈkað̞o]
The verdict
“mal educado” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, carente de cortesía y buenos modales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mal-educado · mal educado · Spanish
mal educado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mal educado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈmal eð̞uˈkað̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mal educado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mal educado is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈmal eð̞uˈkað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mal educado in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 mal educado, spelled M-A-L- -E-D-U-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, carente de cortesía y buenos modales.
- 2Irrespetuoso, que no observa las normas mínimas de convivencia.
- 3Caprichoso, malcriado
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.