decrépito
[d̪eˈkɾepit̪o]
The verdict
“decrépito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,972 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,972
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, que por su avanzada edad chochea y está físicamente incapacitado o muy limitado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-decrepito · decrépito · Spanish
decrépito · rank #62,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,972
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH declararía
Nearest frequency peer: declararía (-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 “decrépito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- debutará
debutará
37,032 corpus weight
- decepcionan
decepcionan
37,031 corpus weight
- declararía
declararía
37,030 corpus weight
- decrépito
decrépito
37,029 corpus weight
- defino
defino
37,027 corpus weight
- delgadez
delgadez
37,026 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “decrépito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | decrépito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪eˈkɾepit̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “decrépito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
decrépito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,972 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪eˈkɾepit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for decrépito, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is decrépito, spelled D-E-C-R-É-P-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, que por su avanzada edad chochea y está físicamente incapacitado o muy limitado.
- 2Dicho de las cosas materiales, que llegan a su fin.
- 3De modo general, y para cosas inmateriales, extraordinariamente viejo.
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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