maleficio
[maleˈfisjo]
The verdict
“maleficio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,379 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,379
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palabras o acciones de brujería o magia para causar daño
Corpus desk
Index ES-maleficio · maleficio · Spanish
maleficio · rank #52,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,379
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH magnicidio
Nearest frequency peer: magnicidio (-2 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 “maleficio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- localizaron
localizaron
47,628 corpus weight
- magnicidio
magnicidio
47,624 corpus weight
- maleficio
maleficio
47,622 corpus weight
- marimba
marimba
47,619 corpus weight
- marital
marital
47,618 corpus weight
- mascarada
mascarada
47,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maleficio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maleficio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maleˈfisjo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maleficio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maleficio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,379 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maleˈfisjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Palabras o acciones de brujería o magia para causar daño".
maleficio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 maleficio, spelled M-A-L-E-F-I-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Palabras o acciones de brujería o magia para causar daño
Synonyms
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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