desacertado

[d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o]

/[d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o]/ verb

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The verdict

“desacertado” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #72,668 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#72,668
frequency rank, Spanish
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de desacertar.

Key facts for desacertado
PropertyValue
Headworddesacertado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o]
Letters11
Frequency rank#72,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “desacertado” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). desacertado lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desacertado is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,668 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de desacertar.".

desacertado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is desacertado, spelled D-E-S-A-C-E-R-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de desacertar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desacertado"?
"desacertado" is spelled D-E-S-A-C-E-R-T-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o].
What does "desacertado" mean?
As a verb, "desacertado" means: Participio de desacertar.
How do you pronounce "desacertado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desacertado" is [d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desacertado" come from?
"desacertado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “desacertado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-A-C-E-R-T-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [d̪esaseɾˈt̪að̞o] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list