worst
/wɜːst/
The verdict
“worst” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,011 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,011
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lo que es peor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-worst · worst · Spanish
worst · rank #56,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,011
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH ándale
Nearest frequency peer: ándale (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “worst”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- void
void
43,996 corpus weight
- votadas
votadas
43,995 corpus weight
- worst
worst
43,990 corpus weight
- ándale
ándale
43,986 corpus weight
- ávida
ávida
43,985 corpus weight
- ñame
ñame
43,984 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “worst” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worst |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /wɜːst/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “worst” en español
Rare enough to double-check
worst is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,011 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /wɜːst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lo que es peor.".
No misspelling variants are generated for worst in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is worst, spelled W-O-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Lo que es peor.
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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