malsano

[malˈsano]

/[malˈsano]/ adj

The verdict

“malsano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,972 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,972
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que es perjudicial para la salud.

Corpus desk

Index ES-malsano · malsano · Spanish

malsano · rank #85,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,972
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH malinterpreta

Nearest frequency peer: malinterpreta (-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 “malsano”

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 “malsano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for malsano
PropertyValue
Headwordmalsano
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[malˈsano]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “malsano” en español

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “malinterpreta” (#85,971), “mamografía” (#85,973), “maniqueísmo” (#85,975). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “malsano” va en #85,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malsano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,972 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [malˈsano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    Que es perjudicial para la salud.
  2. 2
    Que deteriora la moral.
  3. 3
    Que tiene una salud deteriorada.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how malsano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pero también tenia hambre, un hambre punzante y malsana. Debía de llevar veinticuatro horas sin comer, o tal vez fuesen treinta y seis.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malsano"?
"malsano" is spelled M-A-L-S-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [malˈsano].
What does "malsano" mean?
As an adjective, "malsano" means: Que es perjudicial para la salud.
How do you pronounce "malsano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malsano" is [malˈsano]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malsano" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list