desbancar
[d̪esβ̞ãŋˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“desbancar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,803 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,803
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Desplazar o sustiuir a alguien en una posición suplantándole
Corpus desk
Index ES-desbancar · desbancar · Spanish
desbancar · rank #71,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,803
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH descongestion…
Nearest frequency peer: descongestionar (+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 “desbancar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desacredita…
desacreditada
28,201 corpus weight
- desactualiz…
desactualizado
28,200 corpus weight
- desbancar
desbancar
28,198 corpus weight
- descongesti…
descongestionar
28,197 corpus weight
- desembocaron
desembocaron
28,196 corpus weight
- desempeñará
desempeñará
28,195 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desbancar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desbancar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esβ̞ãŋˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desbancar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desbancar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,803 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esβ̞ãŋˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
desbancar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is desbancar, spelled D-E-S-B-A-N-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Desplazar o sustiuir a alguien en una posición suplantándole
- 2En ciertos juegos, ganar un jugador a la banca el dinero que puso en juego
- 3Quitar, depejar de bancos un lugar
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).