valer la pena
[baˈleɾ la ˈpena]
The verdict
“valer la pena” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estar justificado el trabajo o esfuerzo que se hace para conseguir algún beneficio ya sea material o no.
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Index ES-valer-la-pena · valer la pena · Spanish
valer la pena · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valer la pena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [baˈleɾ la ˈpena] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “valer la pena” en español
Rare enough to double-check
valer la pena is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [baˈleɾ la ˈpena]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Estar justificado el trabajo o esfuerzo que se hace para conseguir algún beneficio ya sea material o no.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for valer la pena, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is valer la pena, spelled V-A-L-E-R- -L-A- -P-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Estar justificado el trabajo o esfuerzo que se hace para conseguir algún beneficio ya sea material o no.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.