desferrar
[d̪esfeˈraɾ]
The verdict
“desferrar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar a alguien las prisiones o hierros que le aprisionaban, tales como cadenas, grillos, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desferrar · desferrar · Spanish
desferrar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desferrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esfeˈraɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desferrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desferrar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esfeˈraɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quitar a alguien las prisiones o hierros que le aprisionaban, tales como cadenas, grillos, etc.".
desferrar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is desferrar, spelled D-E-S-F-E-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Quitar a alguien las prisiones o hierros que le aprisionaban, tales como cadenas, grillos, etc.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.