desencantado
[d̪esẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]
The verdict
“desencantado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,657 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,657
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que ha perdido o abandonado las expectativas favorables que tenía respecto de algo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desencantado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪esẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desencantado” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
desencantado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,657 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪esẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que ha perdido o abandonado las expectativas favorables que tenía respecto de algo.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desencantado, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is desencantado, spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-N-T-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que ha perdido o abandonado las expectativas favorables que tenía respecto de algo.
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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Using “desencantado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-E-N-C-A-N-T-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞o] (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.