adormecer
[að̞oɾmeˈseɾ]
The verdict
“adormecer” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,470 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,470
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causar somnolencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-adormecer · adormecer · Spanish
adormecer · rank #88,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,470
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Adolph
Nearest frequency peer: Adolph (-1 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 “adormecer”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- acurrucado
acurrucado
11,536 corpus weight
- adelantamie…
adelantamientos
11,534 corpus weight
- Adolph
Adolph
11,532 corpus weight
- adormecer
adormecer
11,531 corpus weight
- adornaba
adornaba
11,530 corpus weight
- adueñaron
adueñaron
11,529 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “adormecer” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adormecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [að̞oɾmeˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “adormecer” en español
Rare enough to double-check
adormecer is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,470 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [að̞oɾmeˈseɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for adormecer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 adormecer, spelled A-D-O-R-M-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Causar somnolencia.
- 2Reducir la intensidad de una pasión o fenómeno.
- 3Provocar parestesia por presión en un vaso sanguíneo o nervio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adormecer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Salió por el contorno la voz de lo sucedido, y entendida la gran pujança del pueblo, los Reyes que estavan la tierra adentro, que ciegos de sus pasiones, y divertidos con sus entretenimientos, no avían tratado de impedirle el passo, viendo ya el daño en la vezindad, abrieron los ojos (que no ay letargo que los adormezca tanto, que una gran vexación no los…
Porque en el principio desta enfermedad se puso en fama que era bueno & que hazia adormecer los dolores y a esta causa todos vsauan del.
Synonyms
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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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