asestar
[asesˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“asestar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,871 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,871
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acertar al dirigir un ataque contra un contrario.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asestar · asestar · Spanish
asestar · rank #78,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,871
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH asesinaba
Nearest frequency peer: asesinaba (-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 “asestar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- asan
asan
21,133 corpus weight
- asertividad
asertividad
21,132 corpus weight
- asesinaba
asesinaba
21,131 corpus weight
- asestar
asestar
21,130 corpus weight
- asiendo
asiendo
21,128 corpus weight
- asimilarse
asimilarse
21,127 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “asestar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asestar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [asesˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “asestar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
asestar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,871 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [asesˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acertar al dirigir un ataque contra un contrario.".
Zero misspellings are on record for asestar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is asestar, spelled A-S-E-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Acertar al dirigir un ataque contra un contrario.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asestar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La postura aceptada generalmente es que fue el segundo teorema el que asestó este golpe. Algunos sin embargo piensan que fue el primero, e incluso hay quien piensa que ninguno de ellos lo hizo.
El 22 de abril, el sultán asestó un golpe estratégico en las defensas bizantinas.
This word in other languages
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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