warm

/wɔːm/

//wɔːm// adj

The verdict

“warm” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,214 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,214
frequency rank, Spanish
230
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene una temperatura ligeramente más alta que la usual, pero aún placentera; ligeramente caliente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-warm · warm · Spanish

warm · rank #68,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,214
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 230
  • PHOTO-FINISH wasabi

Nearest frequency peer: wasabi (+1 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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “warm”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “warm” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for warm
PropertyValue
Headwordwarm
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/wɔːm/
Letters4
Frequency rank#68,214
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “warm” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.warmcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “wasabi” (#68,215), “vuélvete” (#68,212), “volcando” (#68,211). Entre 230 lemas con “W”, “warm” va en #68,214. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

warm is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,214 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /wɔːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for warm, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 warm, spelled W-A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene una temperatura ligeramente más alta que la usual, pero aún placentera; ligeramente caliente.
  2. 2
    Que tiene un color en la parte roja-naranja-amarilla del espectro electromagnético; cálido.
  3. 3
    Cercano, frecuentemente usado en el contexto de un juego en el cual "warm" y "cold" son usados para indicar la cercanía al objetivo; caliente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how warm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The tea is still warm.
  2. This is a very warm room.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "warm"?
"warm" is spelled W-A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is /wɔːm/.
What does "warm" mean?
As an adjective, "warm" means: Que tiene una temperatura ligeramente más alta que la usual, pero aún placentera; ligeramente caliente.
How do you pronounce "warm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "warm" is /wɔːm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "warm" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "warm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list