rotten
/ˈɹɒt.ən/
The verdict
“rotten” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,350 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,350
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De ítems perecibles o perecederos, invadidos por bacterias y otros agentes infecciosos; podrido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rotten · rotten · Spanish
rotten · rank #60,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,350
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Rosy
Nearest frequency peer: Rosy (-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 “rotten”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Romualdo
Romualdo
39,653 corpus weight
- Rosy
Rosy
39,652 corpus weight
- rotten
rotten
39,651 corpus weight
- RSC
RSC
39,650 corpus weight
- ruedan
ruedan
39,649 corpus weight
- rítmicas
rítmicas
39,648 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rotten” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rotten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹɒt.ən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rotten” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rotten is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,350 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹɒt.ən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
rotten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 rotten, spelled R-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1De ítems perecibles o perecederos, invadidos por bacterias y otros agentes infecciosos; podrido.
- 2En un estado de decadencia.
- 3Cruel, malvado o inmoral.
- 4Malo o terrible.
- 5De una piedra o roca, desmoronable o friable; en un estado suelto o desintegrado.
- 6Muy ebrio, intoxicado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
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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