defines
[d̪eˈfines]
The verdict
“defines” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,042 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,042
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de definir o de definirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-defines · defines · Spanish
defines · rank #66,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,042
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH decídete
Nearest frequency peer: decídete (-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.
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33,959 corpus weight
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What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “defines” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defines |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈfines] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “defines” en español
Rare enough to double-check
defines is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,042 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eˈfines]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de definir o de definirse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for defines in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 defines, spelled D-E-F-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de definir o de definirse.
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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