virulento
[biɾuˈlẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“virulento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,721 among 12,062 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,721
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ocasionado por un virus, o que participa de la naturaleza de un virus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virulento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [biɾuˈlẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “virulento” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
virulento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,721 among 12,062 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [biɾuˈlẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for virulento, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is virulento, spelled V-I-R-U-L-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Ocasionado por un virus, o que participa de la naturaleza de un virus.
- 2Dicho de una afección: De gran violencia o malignidad.
- 3Cargado de pus o podre.
- 4Dícese del estilo, o del escrito o discurso: Ardiente, acerbo, ponzoñoso o mordaz en sumo grado.
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); 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 “virulento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-R-U-L-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [biɾuˈlẽn̪t̪o] (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.