malito
[maˈlit̪o]
The verdict
“malito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,641 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,641
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En estado de salud sumamente crítico y grave, casi moribundo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-malito · malito · Spanish
malito · rank #75,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,641
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Malleco
Nearest frequency peer: Malleco (+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 “malito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- maha
maha
24,364 corpus weight
- malito
malito
24,360 corpus weight
- Malleco
Malleco
24,359 corpus weight
- mamertos
mamertos
24,358 corpus weight
- mamey
mamey
24,357 corpus weight
- manaba
manaba
24,356 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “malito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maˈlit̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “malito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
malito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,641 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maˈlit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En estado de salud sumamente crítico y grave, casi moribundo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for malito, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is malito, spelled M-A-L-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1En estado de salud sumamente crítico y grave, casi moribundo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El abuelo está muy malito.
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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