desafilado
[d̪esafiˈlað̞o]
The verdict
“desafilado” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no esta afilado o que no tiene filo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desafilado · desafilado · Spanish
desafilado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | desafilado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪esafiˈlað̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desafilado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desafilado is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪esafiˈlað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que no esta afilado o que no tiene filo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for desafilado in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 desafilado, spelled D-E-S-A-F-I-L-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que no esta afilado o que no tiene filo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desafilado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tal es la percepción del investigador John Ackerman, coordinador de este libro, quien en él sostiene que el acceso a la información pública en México es aún “herramienta demasiado desafilada para poder romper ”.
Dele al honrado un cuchillo desafilado y pida que corte el pastel.
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.