derruir
[d̪eˈrwiɾ]
The verdict
“derruir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Derribar, destruir, arruinar una construcción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-derruir · derruir · Spanish
derruir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | derruir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈrwiɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “derruir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
derruir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eˈrwiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Derribar, destruir, arruinar una construcción.".
No misspelling variants are generated for derruir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is derruir, spelled D-E-R-R-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Derribar, destruir, arruinar una construcción.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.