defecar
[d̪efeˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“defecar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,512 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,512
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expulsar del cuerpo las heces de la digestión.
Corpus desk
Index ES-defecar · defecar · Spanish
defecar · rank #51,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,512
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deformado
Nearest frequency peer: deformado (+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 “defecar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dah
dah
48,493 corpus weight
- dealer
dealer
48,492 corpus weight
- debatía
debatía
48,491 corpus weight
- defecar
defecar
48,489 corpus weight
- deformado
deformado
48,488 corpus weight
- delega
delega
48,485 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “defecar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defecar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪efeˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “defecar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
defecar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,512 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪efeˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for defecar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is defecar, spelled D-E-F-E-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expulsar del cuerpo las heces de la digestión.
- 2Eliminar de algo las impurezas.
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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