benemérito
[beneˈmeɾit̪o]
The verdict
“benemérito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,817 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,817
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Digno de reconocimiento o distinción por sus actos o servicios.
Corpus desk
Index ES-benemerito · benemérito · Spanish
benemérito · rank #59,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,817
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH baten
Nearest frequency peer: baten (-2 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 “benemérito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Baquero
Baquero
40,189 corpus weight
- barrocos
barrocos
40,188 corpus weight
- basilisco
basilisco
40,187 corpus weight
- baten
baten
40,186 corpus weight
- benemérito
benemérito
40,184 corpus weight
- bisexualidad
bisexualidad
40,181 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “benemérito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | benemérito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [beneˈmeɾit̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “benemérito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
benemérito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,817 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [beneˈmeɾit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
benemérito has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is benemérito, spelled B-E-N-E-M-É-R-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Digno de reconocimiento o distinción por sus actos o servicios.
- 2Perteneciente al cuerpo de la Guardia Civil española, popularmente conocido como Benemérita.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how benemérito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No es dueño, sino administrador de las dignidades, y debe considerarse como hombre caído de las nubes, sin vínculos de parentesco, amistad ni gratitud, y, por tanto, tendrá mil veces que negar su protección a las personas de su mayor aprecio por no hacer agravio a un desconocido benemérito.
No quiero yo dudar de las garantías democráticas de España, pero si los Mägo de Oz se personan en un cuartelillo de la Guardia Civil disfrazados de piratas a pedir aunque sea la hora, desencadena sobre ellos el sargento benemérito una lluvia de hostias tal que les cambia las vestiduras por una de torero.
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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