asestar
[asesˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“asestar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #78,871 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #78,871
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acertar al dirigir un ataque contra un contrario.
| 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) |
Where “asestar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for asestar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [asesˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #78,871 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “asestar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-S-E-S-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [asesˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.