beso de la muerte

[ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e]

/[ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e]/ phrase

The verdict

“beso de la muerte” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Mate dado por la dama defendida por alguna pieza, que se pone enfrente de un rey sobre alguna de las bandas laterales.

Key facts for beso de la muerte
PropertyValue
Headwordbeso de la muerte
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “beso de la muerte” sits in Spanish frequency

beso de la muerte falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for beso de la muerte is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mate dado por la dama defendida por alguna pieza, que se pone enfrente de un rey sobre alguna de las bandas laterales.".

No misspelling variants are generated for beso de la muerte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is beso de la muerte, spelled B-E-S-O- -D-E- -L-A- -M-U-E-R-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mate dado por la dama defendida por alguna pieza, que se pone enfrente de un rey sobre alguna de las bandas laterales.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "beso de la muerte"?
"beso de la muerte" is spelled B-E-S-O- -D-E- -L-A- -M-U-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e].
What does "beso de la muerte" mean?
As a phrase, "beso de la muerte" means: Mate dado por la dama defendida por alguna pieza, que se pone enfrente de un rey sobre alguna de las bandas laterales.
How do you pronounce "beso de la muerte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "beso de la muerte" is [ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “beso de la muerte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-S-O- -D-E- -L-A- -M-U-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbeso ð̞e la ˈmweɾt̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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