malévolo

[maˈleβ̞olo]

/[maˈleβ̞olo]/ adj

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The verdict

“malévolo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,153 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,153
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclinado a hacer mal.

Corpus desk

Index ES-malevolo · malévolo · Spanish

malévolo · rank #60,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,153
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH malcriados

Nearest frequency peer: malcriados (-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 “malévolo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “malévolo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malévolo
PropertyValue
Headwordmalévolo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[maˈleβ̞olo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “malévolo” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).malévolocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “malcriados” (#60,152), “manatí” (#60,154), “malcriada” (#60,151). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “malévolo” va en #60,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malévolo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,153 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maˈleβ̞olo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inclinado a hacer mal.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for malévolo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is malévolo, spelled M-A-L-É-V-O-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inclinado a hacer mal.

Synonyms

malicioso

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malévolo"?
"malévolo" is spelled M-A-L-É-V-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈleβ̞olo].
What does "malévolo" mean?
As an adjective, "malévolo" means: Inclinado a hacer mal.
How do you pronounce "malévolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malévolo" is [maˈleβ̞olo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malévolo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "malévolo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maremoto#60,157mejicana#60,163licuados#60,133mozárabe#60,188

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list