delinque
[d̪eˈlĩŋke]
The verdict
“delinque” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,885 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,885
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de delinquir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-delinque · delinque · Spanish
delinque · rank #81,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,885
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH delineados
Nearest frequency peer: delineados (-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 “delinque”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- definiera
definiera
18,121 corpus weight
- delegando
delegando
18,118 corpus weight
- delineados
delineados
18,117 corpus weight
- delinque
delinque
18,116 corpus weight
- demorada
demorada
18,114 corpus weight
- dentífrico
dentífrico
18,112 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “delinque” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | delinque |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈlĩŋke] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “delinque” en español
Rare enough to double-check
delinque is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,885 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eˈlĩŋke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for delinque, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is delinque, spelled D-E-L-I-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de delinquir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de delinquir.
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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