vecchio
[ˈvɛk.kjo]
The verdict
“vecchio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,291 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,291
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viejo, anciano
Corpus desk
Index ES-vecchio · vecchio · Spanish
vecchio · rank #51,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,291
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH vacilante
Nearest frequency peer: vacilante (-1 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 “vecchio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- vaciando
vaciando
48,712 corpus weight
- vacilante
vacilante
48,711 corpus weight
- vecchio
vecchio
48,710 corpus weight
- vengativa
vengativa
48,708 corpus weight
- Venice
Venice
48,707 corpus weight
- venirme
venirme
48,706 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “vecchio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vecchio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɛk.kjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vecchio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vecchio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,291 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛk.kjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vecchio, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 vecchio, spelled V-E-C-C-H-I-O.
Definition
- 1Viejo, anciano
- 2Antiguo, anticuado
- 3Gastado, raído
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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