maldita

/[mal̪ˈd̪it̪a]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,441

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

maldita is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino singular de maldito Pronounced [mal̪ˈd̪it̪a]. It ranks #4,441 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Malta and maleta.

Key facts for maldita
PropertyValue
Headwordmaldita
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[mal̪ˈd̪it̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,441
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of maldita in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for maldita is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mal̪ˈd̪it̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,441 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino singular de maldito".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for maldita, with forms such as "amldita", "madlita", and "malddita". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Malta", "maleta", "mamita", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is maldita, spelled M-A-L-D-I-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de maldito

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amldita,madlita,malddita,maldiat,malditta,maldtia,malidta,malldita,mladita,mmaldita

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for maldita

Misspelling Variants of "maldita"

amldita7madlita7malddita8maldiat7malditta8maldtia7malidta7malldita8
Misspelling Variants of "maldita"

Frequency rank: #4,441 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maldita"?
"maldita" is spelled M-A-L-D-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mal̪ˈd̪it̪a].
What does "maldita" mean?
As an adj, "maldita" means: Forma del femenino singular de maldito
What words are commonly confused with "maldita"?
"maldita" is commonly confused with "Malta", "maleta", "mamita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maldita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maldita" is [mal̪ˈd̪it̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maldita" come from?
"maldita" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.