desdeñable
[d̪esð̞eˈɲaβ̞le]
The verdict
“desdeñable” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,308 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,308
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Digno de desprecio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desdenable · desdeñable · Spanish
desdeñable · rank #69,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,308
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desconsolado
Nearest frequency peer: desconsolado (-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 “desdeñable”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- descendemos
descendemos
30,695 corpus weight
- desconsolado
desconsolado
30,694 corpus weight
- desdeñable
desdeñable
30,693 corpus weight
- desencadena…
desencadenantes
30,692 corpus weight
- desgastan
desgastan
30,691 corpus weight
- designer
designer
30,690 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desdeñable” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desdeñable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪esð̞eˈɲaβ̞le] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desdeñable” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desdeñable is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,308 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪esð̞eˈɲaβ̞le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for desdeñable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is desdeñable, spelled D-E-S-D-E-Ñ-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Digno de desprecio.
- 2Escaso, en escasa cantidad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desdeñable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El recelo inicial de los policías iba evolucionando hacia una transigencia cauta. No les era nada fácil entender que un tipejo de la ciudad, como yo, conociese una lengua, casi muerta y para ellos desdeñable y propia para seres en el más craso de los primitivismos o de la barbarie
Al término de mi gestión, transferí a mi sucesor, Segismundo Royo, la nada desdeñable cantidad con que hubiera podido empezarse la realización de esa idea
Synonyms
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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