desgarrar
[d̪esɣ̞aˈraɾ]
The verdict
“desgarrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,483 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,483
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Romper o rasgar bruscamente algo flexible como la piel, tela, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desgarrar · desgarrar · Spanish
desgarrar · rank #68,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,483
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desinformados
Nearest frequency peer: desinformados (+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 “desgarrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desarticula…
desarticulación
31,522 corpus weight
- descansará
descansará
31,521 corpus weight
- descriptivas
descriptivas
31,520 corpus weight
- desgarrar
desgarrar
31,518 corpus weight
- desinformad…
desinformados
31,517 corpus weight
- desinformar
desinformar
31,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desgarrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desgarrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esɣ̞aˈraɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desgarrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desgarrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,483 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esɣ̞aˈraɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desgarrar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 desgarrar, spelled D-E-S-G-A-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Romper o rasgar bruscamente algo flexible como la piel, tela, etc.
- 2Esgarrar.
- 3Causar gran pena.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desgarrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
nunca su primera mujer lo ha poseído más desgarrado, más desesperado por pertenecerle, como esta tarde.
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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