desatender

[d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

/[d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“desatender” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,822 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,822
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - No prestar atención a lo que se dice o hace.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desatender · desatender · Spanish

desatender · rank #83,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,822
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH desarticulada

Nearest frequency peer: desarticulada (-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 “desatender”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desatender
PropertyValue
Headworddesatender
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,822
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desatender” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.desatendercae 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: “desarticulada” (#83,821), “desbordarse” (#83,823), “desactivadas” (#83,820). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “desatender” va en #83,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desatender is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,822 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for desatender in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 desatender, spelled D-E-S-A-T-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    No prestar atención a lo que se dice o hace.
  2. 2
    No hacer caso o aprecio de una persona o cosa.
  3. 3
    No corresponder, no asistir con lo que es debido.

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 "desatender"?
"desatender" is spelled D-E-S-A-T-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ].
What does "desatender" mean?
As a verb, "desatender" means: No prestar atención a lo que se dice o hace.
How do you pronounce "desatender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desatender" is [d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desatender" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desatender", 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