defino
[d̪eˈfino]
The verdict
“defino” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,974 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,974
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de definir o de definirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-defino · defino · Spanish
defino · rank #62,974 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,974
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH delgadez
Nearest frequency peer: delgadez (+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 “defino”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- declararía
declararía
37,030 corpus weight
- decrépito
decrépito
37,029 corpus weight
- defino
defino
37,027 corpus weight
- delgadez
delgadez
37,026 corpus weight
- demostrativo
demostrativo
37,025 corpus weight
- deposiciones
deposiciones
37,024 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “defino” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈfino] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “defino” en español
Rare enough to double-check
defino is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,974 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eˈfino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de definir o de definirse.".
No misspelling variants are generated for defino in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is defino, spelled D-E-F-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) 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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