descansar

/[d̪eskãnˈsaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,779

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

descansar is aSpanishverb. It means: Interrumpir el trabajo, dejar de trabajar. Pronounced [d̪eskãnˈsaɾ]. It ranks #4,779 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with descanso and descargar.

Key facts for descansar
PropertyValue
Headworddescansar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eskãnˈsaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,779
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of descansar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for descansar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eskãnˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,779 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for descansar, with forms such as "ddescansar", "decsansar", and "desacnsar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "descanso", "descargar", "descartar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is descansar, spelled D-E-S-C-A-N-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interrumpir el trabajo, dejar de trabajar.
  2. 2
    Reponerse de la fatiga.
  3. 3
    Tomar asueto o vacaciones.
  4. 4
    Dormir.
  5. 5
    Dicho de una persona o un animal, estar fallecido.
  6. 6
    Sentir alivio de las preocupaciones.
  7. 7
    Recibir consuelo o desahogo al compartir las penas con otro.
  8. 8
    Hallarse una tierra sin trabajo ni cultivo durante un año o dos, estar en barbecho.
  9. 9
    Tomar el soldado la posición de descanso.
  10. 10
    Estar apoyado sobre otra cosa.
  11. 11
    Recaer la responsabilidad de una tarea sobre alguien.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescansar,decsansar,desacnsar,descanasr,descannsar,descansarr,descansra,descanssar,descasnar,desccansar,descnasar,desscansar,dsecansar,edscansar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descansar

Misspelling Variants of "descansar"

ddescansar10decsansar9desacnsar9descanasr9descannsar10descansarr10descansra9descanssar10
Misspelling Variants of "descansar"

Frequency rank: #4,779 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descansar"?
"descansar" is spelled D-E-S-C-A-N-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eskãnˈsaɾ].
What does "descansar" mean?
As a verb, "descansar" means: Interrumpir el trabajo, dejar de trabajar.
What words are commonly confused with "descansar"?
"descansar" is commonly confused with "descanso", "descargar", "descartar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descansar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descansar" is [d̪eskãnˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descansar" come from?
"descansar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.