rather
/ˈɹɑː.ðə/
The verdict
“rather” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,870 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,870
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bastante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rather · rather · Spanish
rather · rank #61,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,870
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rasgados
Nearest frequency peer: rasgados (-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 “rather”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- rasgados
rasgados
38,132 corpus weight
- rather
rather
38,131 corpus weight
- ratonera
ratonera
38,130 corpus weight
- reabre
reabre
38,129 corpus weight
- recapitulac…
recapitulación
38,128 corpus weight
- receptivos
receptivos
38,126 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rather” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rather |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɹɑː.ðə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rather” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rather is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,870 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈɹɑː.ðə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for rather in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is rather, spelled R-A-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bastante.
- 2Más bien.
- 3Un tanto, un poco, algo.
- 4Antes que, mejor que.
- 5Más bien, para ser más precisos.
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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