maledicencia
[maleð̞iˈsẽnsja]
The verdict
“maledicencia” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de maldecir (hablar con mordacidad en perjuicio de una persona).
Corpus desk
Index ES-maledicencia · maledicencia · Spanish
maledicencia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | maledicencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maleð̞iˈsẽnsja] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maledicencia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maledicencia is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maleð̞iˈsẽnsja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maledicencia, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is maledicencia, spelled M-A-L-E-D-I-C-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Acción de maldecir (hablar con mordacidad en perjuicio de una persona).
- 2Detracción.
- 3Infamación.
- 4Costumbre o actitud de difamar y hablar mal de los demás.
- 5La maledicencia. Las gentes desocupadas y maldicientes.
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.