veleidad
[belejˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“veleidad” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deseo vano, capricho.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veleidad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [belejˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “veleidad” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
veleidad is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [belejˈð̞að̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for veleidad, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is veleidad, spelled V-E-L-E-I-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Deseo vano, capricho.
- 2Inconstancia, imperseverancia.
This word in other languages
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 “veleidad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-L-E-I-D-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [belejˈð̞að̞] (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.