malsano
[malˈsano]
The verdict
“malsano” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #85,972 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #85,972
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que es perjudicial para la salud.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malsano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [malˈsano] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “malsano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for malsano is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [malˈsano]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,972 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for malsano in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 malsano, spelled M-A-L-S-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Que es perjudicial para la salud.
- 2Que deteriora la moral.
- 3Que tiene una salud deteriorada.
This word in other languages
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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Using “malsano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L-S-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [malˈsano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.