negative
/ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/
The verdict
“negative” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,890 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,890
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Negativo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-negative · negative · Spanish
negative · rank #73,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,890
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH negociamos
Nearest frequency peer: negociamos (+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 “negative”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- navego
navego
26,116 corpus weight
- negative
negative
26,111 corpus weight
- negociamos
negociamos
26,110 corpus weight
- neocolonial…
neocolonialismo
26,109 corpus weight
- neurotransm…
neurotransmisor
26,107 corpus weight
- nimiedad
nimiedad
26,105 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “negative” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | negative |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “negative” en español
Rare enough to double-check
negative is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,890 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Negativo.".
negative doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is negative, spelled N-E-G-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Negativo.
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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