vicious
/ˈvɪʃ.əs/
The verdict
“vicious” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,468 among 12,062 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,468
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Violento.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vicious |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvɪʃ.əs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,468 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vicious” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vicious is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,468 among 12,062 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvɪʃ.əs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vicious in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 vicious, spelled V-I-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Violento.
- 2Agresivo.
- 3Despiadado.
- 4Rabioso.
- 5Salvaje.
- 6Cruel.
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 “vicious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-C-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvɪʃ.əs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.