pena de muerte
[ˈpena ð̞e ˈmweɾt̪e]
The verdict
“pena de muerte” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentencia aplicada por el poder judicial y que consiste en la ejecución de un condenado por parte del Estado, como castigo por un delito.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pena-de-muerte · pena de muerte · Spanish
pena de muerte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | pena de muerte |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpena ð̞e ˈmweɾt̪e] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pena de muerte” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pena de muerte is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpena ð̞e ˈmweɾt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentencia aplicada por el poder judicial y que consiste en la ejecución de un condenado por parte del Estado, como castigo por un delito.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pena de muerte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pena de muerte, spelled P-E-N-A- -D-E- -M-U-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sentencia aplicada por el poder judicial y que consiste en la ejecución de un condenado por parte del Estado, como castigo por un delito.
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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.