desentenderse
[d̪esẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾse]
The verdict
“desentenderse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,739 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,739
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dejar de poner atención, participar o involucrarse en un asunto o situación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desentenderse · desentenderse · Spanish
desentenderse · rank #88,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,739
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH descubrían
Nearest frequency peer: descubrían (-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 “desentenderse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- descontados
descontados
11,265 corpus weight
- descubrían
descubrían
11,263 corpus weight
- desentender…
desentenderse
11,262 corpus weight
- deshaciéndo…
deshaciéndose
11,261 corpus weight
- deshidratad…
deshidratados
11,260 corpus weight
- designen
designen
11,259 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desentenderse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desentenderse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾse] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #88,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desentenderse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desentenderse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,739 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for desentenderse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is desentenderse, spelled D-E-S-E-N-T-E-N-D-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Dejar de poner atención, participar o involucrarse en un asunto o situación.
- 2Fingir que no se entiende una cosa; simular ignorancia.
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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