rad
[ˈrað̞]
The verdict
“rad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,179 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,179
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abreviatura de radián.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rad · rad · Spanish
rad · rank #51,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,179
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH racine
Nearest frequency peer: racine (-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 “rad”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quiz
quiz
48,824 corpus weight
- racine
racine
48,823 corpus weight
- rad
rad
48,822 corpus weight
- rajan
rajan
48,821 corpus weight
- ratificaron
ratificaron
48,820 corpus weight
- reabierto
reabierto
48,819 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rad” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈrað̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rad” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,179 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˈrað̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abreviatura de radián.".
rad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 rad, spelled R-A-D.
Definition
- 1Abreviatura de radián.
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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