demeritar
[d̪emeɾiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“demeritar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar mérito o no apreciar el valor de alguien o algo.
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Index ES-demeritar · demeritar · Spanish
demeritar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demeritar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪emeɾiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “demeritar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
demeritar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪emeɾiˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quitar mérito o no apreciar el valor de alguien o algo.".
demeritar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 demeritar, spelled D-E-M-E-R-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Quitar mérito o no apreciar el valor de alguien o algo.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.