worm
/wɜːm/
The verdict
“worm” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,606 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,606
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gusano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-worm · worm · Spanish
worm · rank #80,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,606
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH yacht
Nearest frequency peer: yacht (+2 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 “worm”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- você
você
19,400 corpus weight
- voluntarismo
voluntarismo
19,399 corpus weight
- Waldemar
Waldemar
19,398 corpus weight
- worm
worm
19,395 corpus weight
- yacht
yacht
19,393 corpus weight
- yea
yea
19,391 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “worm” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worm |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /wɜːm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “worm” en español
Rare enough to double-check
worm is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,606 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /wɜːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for worm, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is worm, spelled W-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Gusano.
- 2Código de computadora que tiene la capacidad de propagarse a través de redes de computadoras, se instala ilegalmente en un sistema informático para destruir datos, o bien para saturar las comunicaciones o la capacidad de almacenamiento del sistema.
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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