widow
/ˈwɪd.əʊ/
The verdict
“widow” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,676 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,676
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viuda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-widow · widow · Spanish
widow · rank #79,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,676
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH volvéis
Nearest frequency peer: volvéis (-5 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 “widow”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- volteen
volteen
20,332 corpus weight
- volviesen
volviesen
20,331 corpus weight
- volvéis
volvéis
20,330 corpus weight
- widow
widow
20,325 corpus weight
- yeta
yeta
20,319 corpus weight
- zaragozana
zaragozana
20,318 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “widow” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | widow |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪd.əʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,676 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “widow” en español
Rare enough to double-check
widow is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,676 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɪd.əʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Viuda.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for widow, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is widow, spelled W-I-D-O-W.
Definition
- 1Viuda.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how widow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother
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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