wad
/wɑd/
The verdict
“wad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,380 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,380
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Montón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-wad · wad · Spanish
wad · rank #85,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,380
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH wha
Nearest frequency peer: wha (+4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wad”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vociferando
vociferando
14,629 corpus weight
- volaría
volaría
14,628 corpus weight
- vom
vom
14,626 corpus weight
- wad
wad
14,621 corpus weight
- wha
wha
14,617 corpus weight
- winners
winners
14,616 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wad” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wad |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /wɑd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wad” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,380 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /wɑd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for wad in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is wad, spelled W-A-D.
Definition
- 1Montón.
- 2Fajo.
- 3Paca.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.