scandal
/ˈskæn.dəl/
The verdict
“scandal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,347 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,347
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escándalo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-scandal · scandal · Spanish
scandal · rank #84,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,347
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH secuenciales
Nearest frequency peer: secuenciales (+2 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 “scandal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sacia
sacia
15,665 corpus weight
- santiagueña
santiagueña
15,658 corpus weight
- scandal
scandal
15,654 corpus weight
- secuenciales
secuenciales
15,652 corpus weight
- segar
segar
15,650 corpus weight
- semiautomát…
semiautomática
15,649 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “scandal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scandal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskæn.dəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “scandal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
scandal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,347 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈskæn.dəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Escándalo.".
scandal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 scandal, spelled S-C-A-N-D-A-L.
Definition
- 1Escándalo.
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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