rad
[ˈrað̞]
The verdict
“rad” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #51,179 in Spanish word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #51,179
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abreviatura de radián.
| 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) |
Where “rad” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rad is 3 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈrað̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,179 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “rad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈrað̞] (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.