desbordar
[d̪esβ̞oɾˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“desbordar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,491 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,491
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Superar el borde de un recipiente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desbordar · desbordar · Spanish
desbordar · rank #61,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,491
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desangrado
Nearest frequency peer: desangrado (-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 “desbordar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dependió
dependió
38,513 corpus weight
- desajuste
desajuste
38,512 corpus weight
- desangrado
desangrado
38,511 corpus weight
- desbordar
desbordar
38,510 corpus weight
- descuartiza…
descuartizado
38,508 corpus weight
- descubrieran
descubrieran
38,507 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desbordar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desbordar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esβ̞oɾˈð̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desbordar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desbordar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,491 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esβ̞oɾˈð̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desbordar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 desbordar, spelled D-E-S-B-O-R-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Superar el borde de un recipiente.
- 2Referido a una persona, cuando el resto no pueden con él por tener demasiada energía o nervios.
- 3En los deportes de equipo, cuando la línea atacante de un equipo supera con facilidad a la defensiva rival.
Synonyms
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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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