rayado
[raˈʝað̞o]
The verdict
“rayado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #25,017 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #25,017
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cubierto de líneas o rayas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rayado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [raˈʝað̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rayado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for rayado is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [raˈʝað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,017 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rayado, with forms such as "aryado", "raaydo", and "rayaddo". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "rayo", "rayas", "rayar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is rayado, spelled R-A-Y-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Cubierto de líneas o rayas.
- 2Que tiene alguna raya o surco pequeño.
- 3Enojado.
- 4Desequilibrado, fuera de sí. Loco.
- 5Alocado o loco.
- 6Que tiene una afición extrema por algo o alguien.
- 7Dicho de un audio o un vídeo, reproducido muchas veces al punto que ya aburre.
- 8Dicho de una persona, que ha perdido prestigio o ha adquirido mala reputación.
- 9Dicho de un tema, muy trivial, que no tiene nada de novedoso.
- 10(Katsuwonus pelamis) Especie de peces de la familia Scombridae en el orden de los perciformes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aryado,raaydo,rayaddo,rayaod,raydao,rayyado,rrayado,ryaado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rayado - 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.
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 “rayado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-Y-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [raˈʝað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rayo” - see the side-by-side comparison. rayado vs rayo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.