pallidus
[ˈpal.lɪ.dʊs]
The verdict
“pallidus” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de personas, de la piel, etc.: pálido, macilento (a causa de alguna enfermedad, emoción fuerte, etc.).
Corpus desk
Index ES-pallidus · pallidus · Spanish
pallidus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pallidus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpal.lɪ.dʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pallidus” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pallidus is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpal.lɪ.dʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pallidus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pallidus, spelled P-A-L-L-I-D-U-S.
Definition
- 1Dicho de personas, de la piel, etc.: pálido, macilento (a causa de alguna enfermedad, emoción fuerte, etc.).
- 2Dicho de personas, de la piel, etc.: pálido, macilento (a causa de alguna enfermedad, emoción fuerte, etc.).
- 3De color poco intenso, pálido.
- 4De color poco intenso, pálido.
- 5Dicho de la luz, etc.: tenue, débil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.