vague
[ˈbaɣ̞e]
The verdict
“vague” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,451 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,451
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de vagar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vague · vague · Spanish
vague · rank #84,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,451
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH veinteañeros
Nearest frequency peer: veinteañeros (+3 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 “vague”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ubres
ubres
15,557 corpus weight
- vague
vague
15,550 corpus weight
- veinteañeros
veinteañeros
15,547 corpus weight
- ventrículos
ventrículos
15,545 corpus weight
- veraniegos
veraniegos
15,544 corpus weight
- vericuetos
vericuetos
15,543 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “vague” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vague |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbaɣ̞e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vague” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vague is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,451 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈbaɣ̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vague, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is vague, spelled V-A-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de vagar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de vagar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de vagar.
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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