desatino
[d̪esaˈt̪ino]
The verdict
“desatino” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,054 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,054
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Falta de tino, destreza o acierto, ya sea en lanzamientos, disparos, o decisiones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desatino · desatino · Spanish
desatino · rank #79,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,054
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH descansaban
Nearest frequency peer: descansaban (+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 “desatino”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desaloja
desaloja
20,949 corpus weight
- desatino
desatino
20,947 corpus weight
- descansaban
descansaban
20,946 corpus weight
- descansarem…
descansaremos
20,945 corpus weight
- descompuest…
descompuestos
20,944 corpus weight
- descubramos
descubramos
20,943 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desatino” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desatino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esaˈt̪ino] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desatino” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desatino is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,054 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪esaˈt̪ino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for desatino in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 desatino, spelled D-E-S-A-T-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Falta de tino, destreza o acierto, ya sea en lanzamientos, disparos, o decisiones.
- 2Acción o palabras disparatadas, imprudentes o poco acertadas.
- 3Despropósito o error.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desatino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los abandoné, apenados por mi desatino, y ahora era yo quien debía sufrir las consecuencias. Rechacé su ayuda y sus consejos.
Cuando llegaron a don Quijote, ya él estaba levantado de la cama, y proseguía en sus voces y en sus desatinos, dando cuchilladas y reveses a todas partes, estando tan despierto como si nunca hubiera dormido.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).