viudez
[bjuˈð̞es]
The verdict
“viudez” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,498 among 12,062 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,498
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estado de haber perdido al cónyuge o pareja por fallecimiento; si es un varón se le llama viudo, y si es mujer, viuda. En términos generales, a la persona que está en este estado se denomina "cónyu...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viudez |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bjuˈð̞es] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “viudez” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
viudez is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,498 among 12,062 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bjuˈð̞es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Estado de haber perdido al cónyuge o pareja por fallecimiento; si es un varón se le llama viudo, y si es mujer, viuda. En términos generales, a la persona que está en este estado se denomina "cónyu...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for viudez, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is viudez, spelled V-I-U-D-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Estado de haber perdido al cónyuge o pareja por fallecimiento; si es un varón se le llama viudo, y si es mujer, viuda. En términos generales, a la persona que está en este estado se denomina "cónyuge sobreviviviente" o "cónyuge supérstite".
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 “viudez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-U-D-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.