desgasta
[d̪esˈɣ̞ast̪a]
The verdict
“desgasta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,490 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,490
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desgastar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desgasta · desgasta · Spanish
desgasta · rank #53,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,490
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deseé
Nearest frequency peer: deseé (-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 “desgasta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desechados
desechados
46,514 corpus weight
- desenfreno
desenfreno
46,513 corpus weight
- deseé
deseé
46,512 corpus weight
- desgasta
desgasta
46,511 corpus weight
- designaba
designaba
46,510 corpus weight
- desorientada
desorientada
46,508 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desgasta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desgasta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esˈɣ̞ast̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desgasta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desgasta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,490 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esˈɣ̞ast̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
desgasta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is desgasta, spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desgastar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de desgastar.
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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