descarten
[d̪esˈkaɾt̪ẽn]
The verdict
“descarten” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,447 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,447
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de descartar o de descartarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descarten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esˈkaɾt̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “descarten” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
descarten is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,447 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esˈkaɾt̪ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for descarten, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 descarten, spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de descartar o de descartarse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de descartar o del imperativo negativo de descartarse.
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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Using “descarten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-C-A-R-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esˈkaɾt̪ẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.