desalmado
[d̪esalˈmað̞o]
The verdict
“desalmado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,182 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,182
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no tiene alma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desalmado · desalmado · Spanish
desalmado · rank #50,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,182
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH derribada
Nearest frequency peer: derribada (-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 “desalmado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- depositando
depositando
49,822 corpus weight
- depredación
depredación
49,821 corpus weight
- derribada
derribada
49,820 corpus weight
- desalmado
desalmado
49,819 corpus weight
- desarma
desarma
49,818 corpus weight
- descalifica…
descalificaciones
49,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desalmado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desalmado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪esalˈmað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desalmado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desalmado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,182 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪esalˈmað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
desalmado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desalmado, spelled D-E-S-A-L-M-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene alma.
- 2Que no muestra compasión, que es cruel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desalmado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Capítulo XV. Donde se cuenta la desgraciada aventura que se topó don Quijote en topar con unos desalmados yangüeses
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); 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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