desactivan
[d̪esakˈt̪iβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“desactivan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,669 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,669
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desactivar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desactivan · desactivan · Spanish
desactivan · rank #72,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,669
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desacertado
Nearest frequency peer: desacertado (-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 “desactivan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- derribe
derribe
27,335 corpus weight
- derrumbando
derrumbando
27,334 corpus weight
- desacertado
desacertado
27,333 corpus weight
- desactivan
desactivan
27,332 corpus weight
- deseabas
deseabas
27,330 corpus weight
- desesperan
desesperan
27,329 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desactivan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desactivan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esakˈt̪iβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desactivan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desactivan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,669 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esakˈt̪iβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desactivar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for desactivan in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is desactivan, spelled D-E-S-A-C-T-I-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desactivar.
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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