valer la pena
[baˈleɾ la ˈpena]
The verdict
“valer la pena” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estar justificado el trabajo o esfuerzo que se hace para conseguir algún beneficio ya sea material o no.
| 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) |
Where “valer la pena” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for valer la pena is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈleɾ la ˈpena]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “valer la pena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-A-L-E-R- -L-A- -P-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈleɾ la ˈpena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.