scary
/ˈskɛə.ɹi/
The verdict
“scary” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,383 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,383
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hecho o diseñado para inspirar miedo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scary |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scary” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
scary is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,383 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈskɛə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hecho o diseñado para inspirar miedo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for scary in our 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is scary, spelled S-C-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Hecho o diseñado para inspirar miedo.
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 “scary”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-C-A-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ (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.