denostar
[d̪enosˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“denostar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,048 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #79,048
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Atacar verbalmente a alguien con graves insultos y ofensas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | denostar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪enosˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “denostar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for denostar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪enosˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,048 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Atacar verbalmente a alguien con graves insultos y ofensas.".
denostar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is denostar, spelled D-E-N-O-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Atacar verbalmente a alguien con graves insultos y ofensas.
This word in other languages
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 “denostar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-N-O-S-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪enosˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.