maltés
[mal̪ˈt̪es]
The verdict
“maltés” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,413 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,413
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de la isla de Malta
Corpus desk
Index ES-maltes · maltés · Spanish
maltés · rank #59,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,413
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH magnetita
Nearest frequency peer: magnetita (-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 “maltés”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- magnetita
magnetita
40,589 corpus weight
- maltés
maltés
40,588 corpus weight
- mancharse
mancharse
40,587 corpus weight
- manijas
manijas
40,586 corpus weight
- manosear
manosear
40,585 corpus weight
- manotazo
manotazo
40,584 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maltés” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maltés |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mal̪ˈt̪es] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maltés” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maltés is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,413 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mal̪ˈt̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Originario, relativo a, o propio de la isla de Malta".
No generated misspelling entries exist for maltés in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 maltés, spelled M-A-L-T-É-S.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de la isla de Malta
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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