desalmados

[d̪esalˈmað̞os]

/[d̪esalˈmað̞os]/ participle

The verdict

“desalmados” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,833 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,833
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de desalmado, participio de desalmar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desalmados · desalmados · Spanish

desalmados · rank #50,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,833
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH degradada

Nearest frequency peer: degradada (-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 “desalmados”

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 “desalmados” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desalmados
PropertyValue
Headworddesalmados
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[d̪esalˈmað̞os]
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,833
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desalmados” en español

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “degradada” (#50,832), “desamparado” (#50,834), “deferencia” (#50,831). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “desalmados” va en #50,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desalmados is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,833 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [d̪esalˈmað̞os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de desalmado, participio de desalmar.".

desalmados has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is desalmados, spelled D-E-S-A-L-M-A-D-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de desalmado, participio de desalmar.

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 "desalmados"?
"desalmados" is spelled D-E-S-A-L-M-A-D-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esalˈmað̞os].
What does "desalmados" mean?
As a participle, "desalmados" means: Forma del plural de desalmado, participio de desalmar.
How do you pronounce "desalmados"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desalmados" is [d̪esalˈmað̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list