verdad
[beɾˈð̞að̞]
The verdict
“verdad” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #171 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #171
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conformidad de las cosas con el concepto que de ellas forma la mente.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verdad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beɾˈð̞að̞] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verdad” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for verdad is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [beɾˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #171 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for verdad, with forms such as "berdad", "evrdad", and "vedrad". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "verde", "verga", "vería", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is verdad, spelled V-E-R-D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Conformidad de las cosas con el concepto que de ellas forma la mente.
- 2Conformidad de lo que se dice con lo que se siente o se piensa.
- 3Propiedad que tiene una cosa de mantenerse siempre la misma sin mutación alguna.
- 4Juicio o proposición que no se puede negar racionalmente.
- 5Veracidad.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: berdad,evrdad,vedrad,veradd,verdadd,verdda,verddad,verrdad,vredad,vverdad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verdad - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “verdad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-R-D-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beɾˈð̞að̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verde” - see the side-by-side comparison. verdad vs verde
- 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.