modest
/ˈmɒd.əst/
The verdict
“modest” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,683 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,683
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modesto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-modest · modest · Spanish
modest · rank #75,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,683
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH moderniza
Nearest frequency peer: moderniza (-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 “modest”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- misoprostol
misoprostol
24,322 corpus weight
- mist
mist
24,321 corpus weight
- moderniza
moderniza
24,319 corpus weight
- modest
modest
24,318 corpus weight
- moldean
moldean
24,317 corpus weight
- mongola
mongola
24,316 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “modest” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modest |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɒd.əst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “modest” en español
Rare enough to double-check
modest is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,683 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmɒd.əst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Modesto.".
No misspelling variants are generated for modest in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is modest, spelled M-O-D-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Modesto.
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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