pesado

Name: pesado, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[peˈsað̞o]

/[peˈsað̞o]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pesado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,736
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pesa mucho.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pesado · pesado · Spanish

pesado · rank #4,736 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,736
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH persecución

Nearest frequency peer: persecución (-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.

obligados

95,268
patas

95,267
persecución

95,266
pesado

95,265
pescado

95,264
plataformas

95,263

What this shows “pesado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pesado vs peso

67% similar

pesado vs pesar

67% similar

pesado vs prado

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pesado
Property	Value
Headword	pesado
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[peˈsað̞o]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#4,736
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pesado”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).pesadocae aquí:

#4,736

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “persecución” (#4,735), “pescado” (#4,737), “patas” (#4,734). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pesado” va en #4,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pesado (IPA [peˈsað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,736 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesado, with forms such as "epsado", "peasdo", and "pesaddo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "peso", "pesar", "prado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 pesado, spelled P-E-S-A-D-O.

Definition

1
Que pesa mucho.
2
Que resulta fastidioso o molesto.
3
Referido al sueño el que es muy profundo y del que resulta difícil despertar.
4
Referido a la comida, difícil de digerir.
5
Muy aburrido.
6
Que resulta desagradable de tratar.
7
Programa que ocupa mucho volumen de almacenamiento o página web muy sobrecargada que tarda mucho en acceder.
8
Dicho de una conexión a Internet, que es muy lenta o tarda demasiado en cargar.

Synonyms

cargante profundo aburrido coñazo latero latoso antipático impertinente

Antonyms

ligero agradable ligero ligero divertido entretenido

This word in other languages

heavy(English)lourd(Français)schwer(Deutsch)pesado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epsado
peasdo
pesaddo
pesaod
pesdao
pessado
ppesado
pseado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "pesado"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pesado"?

"pesado" is spelled P-E-S-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈsað̞o].

What does "pesado" mean?

As an adjective, "pesado" means: Que pesa mucho.

What words are commonly confused with "pesado"?

"pesado" is commonly confused with "peso", "pesar", "prado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pesado"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pesado" is [peˈsað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pesado" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pesado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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