descuartizar
[d̪eskwaɾt̪iˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“descuartizar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,768 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,768
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dividir un cuerpo haciéndolo cuartos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-descuartizar · descuartizar · Spanish
descuartizar · rank #84,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,768
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH descorazonador
Nearest frequency peer: descorazonador (-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 “descuartizar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- descolocado
descolocado
15,236 corpus weight
- desconectan
desconectan
15,235 corpus weight
- descorazona…
descorazonador
15,234 corpus weight
- descuartizar
descuartizar
15,233 corpus weight
- desembarcan…
desembarcando
15,232 corpus weight
- desembolsado
desembolsado
15,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “descuartizar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descuartizar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eskwaɾt̪iˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #84,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “descuartizar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
descuartizar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,768 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eskwaɾt̪iˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
descuartizar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 descuartizar, spelled D-E-S-C-U-A-R-T-I-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dividir un cuerpo haciéndolo cuartos.
- 2Hacer pedazos alguna cosa para repartirla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how descuartizar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El viejo esperaba de él que eviscerase al animal y que luego lo descuartizase tal y como él había hecho antes con el conejo y la rata».
«—Gabriel._ Antes te descuartizo. ¿Pero que te has creído?».
Synonyms
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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