malvado

/[malˈβ̞að̞o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,284

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

malvado is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene maldad, que hace el mal. Pronounced [malˈβ̞að̞o]. Often confused with matado and mamado.

Key facts for malvado
PropertyValue
Headwordmalvado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[malˈβ̞að̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,284
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of malvado in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for malvado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [malˈβ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,284 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que tiene maldad, que hace el mal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for malvado, with forms such as "amlvado", "malavdo", and "malbado". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "matado", "mamado", "marcado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is malvado, spelled M-A-L-V-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene maldad, que hace el mal.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amlvado,malavdo,malbado,mallvado,malvaddo,malvaod,malvdao,malvvado,mavlado,mlavado,mmalvado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for malvado

Misspelling Variants of "malvado"

amlvado7malavdo7malbado7mallvado8malvaddo8malvaod7malvdao7malvvado8
Misspelling Variants of "malvado"

Frequency rank: #13,284 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malvado"?
"malvado" is spelled M-A-L-V-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [malˈβ̞að̞o].
What does "malvado" mean?
As an adj, "malvado" means: Que tiene maldad, que hace el mal.
What words are commonly confused with "malvado"?
"malvado" is commonly confused with "matado", "mamado", "marcado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "malvado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malvado" is [malˈβ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malvado" come from?
"malvado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.