desarticular
[d̪esaɾt̪ikuˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“desarticular” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,522 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,522
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Separar huesos que estaban unidos o articulados.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desarticular · desarticular · Spanish
desarticular · rank #55,522 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,522
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desalentador
Nearest frequency peer: desalentador (-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 “desarticular”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- derrita
derrita
44,482 corpus weight
- desalentador
desalentador
44,480 corpus weight
- desarticular
desarticular
44,479 corpus weight
- desbordan
desbordan
44,478 corpus weight
- Desbordes
Desbordes
44,477 corpus weight
- describían
describían
44,476 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desarticular” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desarticular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esaɾt̪ikuˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desarticular” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desarticular is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,522 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esaɾt̪ikuˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
desarticular has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desarticular, spelled D-E-S-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Separar huesos que estaban unidos o articulados.
- 2Separar elementos de una máquina u aparato.
- 3Capturar, eliminar o apresar a los principales componentes de una banda o grupo criminal, haciendo que dicha banda o grupo pierda cohesión y fuerza.
- 4Romper la organización, el orden o la composición de algo.
- 5Omitir la pronunciación de un segmento en un elemento fonético.^([cita requerida])
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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