werden
/ˈveːʁdən/
The verdict
“werden” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #95,869 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #95,869
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verbo auxiliar empleado para formar el futuro o la voz pasiva.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | werden |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈveːʁdən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “werden” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for werden is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈveːʁdən/. Corpus data places it at rank #95,869 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verbo auxiliar empleado para formar el futuro o la voz pasiva.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for werden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists 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 werden, spelled W-E-R-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Verbo auxiliar empleado para formar el futuro o la voz pasiva.
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 “werden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is W-E-R-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈveːʁdən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.