pale
[peɪɫ]
The verdict
“pale” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,229 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #60,229
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pálido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pale |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [peɪɫ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pale” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pale is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɪɫ]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,229 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pálido.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pale in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pale, spelled P-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pálido.
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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Using “pale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peɪɫ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.