defendiste
[d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ist̪e]
The verdict
“defendiste” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,750 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,750
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de defender o de defenderse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defendiste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ist̪e] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “defendiste” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
defendiste is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,750 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ist̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de defender o de defenderse.".
defendiste has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 defendiste, spelled D-E-F-E-N-D-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de defender o de defenderse.
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 “defendiste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-F-E-N-D-I-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪efẽn̪ˈd̪ist̪e] (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.