written
/ˈɹɪt.n̩/
The verdict
“written” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,328 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,328
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escrito
Corpus desk
Index ES-written · written · Spanish
written · rank #55,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,328
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH zebra
Nearest frequency peer: zebra (+3 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 “written”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- voracidad
voracidad
44,679 corpus weight
- waste
waste
44,677 corpus weight
- written
written
44,673 corpus weight
- zebra
zebra
44,670 corpus weight
- Zenón
Zenón
44,669 corpus weight
- Zúrich
Zúrich
44,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “written” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | written |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪt.n̩/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “written” en español
Rare enough to double-check
written is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,328 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɹɪt.n̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Escrito".
written has no tracked misspelling variants, 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is written, spelled W-R-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Escrito
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how written appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
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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