desalentado

[d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]

/[d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]/ verb

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The verdict

“desalentado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,169 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,169
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio de desalentar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desalentado · desalentado · Spanish

desalentado · rank #70,169 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,169
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH desagradecidos

Nearest frequency peer: desagradecidos (-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 “desalentado”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desalentado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desalentado
PropertyValue
Headworddesalentado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,169
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desalentado” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).desalentadocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “desagradecidos” (#70,168), “desaprovechado” (#70,170), “derritió” (#70,167). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “desalentado” va en #70,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desalentado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,169 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de desalentar.".

desalentado has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 desalentado, spelled D-E-S-A-L-E-N-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de desalentar.

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 "desalentado"?
"desalentado" is spelled D-E-S-A-L-E-N-T-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o].
What does "desalentado" mean?
As a verb, "desalentado" means: Participio de desalentar.
How do you pronounce "desalentado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desalentado" is [d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desalentado" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desalentado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

desempolvar#70,171desgastadas#70,174deshicieron#70,175custodiaban#70,153

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list