desgraciadas

[d̪esɣ̞ɾaˈsjað̞as]

/[d̪esɣ̞ɾaˈsjað̞as]/ participle

The verdict

“desgraciadas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,547 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,547
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de desgraciado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desgraciadas · desgraciadas · Spanish

desgraciadas · rank #73,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,547
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH desfiladeros

Nearest frequency peer: desfiladeros (-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 “desgraciadas”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desgraciadas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desgraciadas
PropertyValue
Headworddesgraciadas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[d̪esɣ̞ɾaˈsjað̞as]
Letters12
Frequency rank#73,547
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desgraciadas” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).desgraciadascae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “desfiladeros” (#73,546), “desmoronando” (#73,548), “desenterrado” (#73,545). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “desgraciadas” va en #73,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desgraciadas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,547 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [d̪esɣ̞ɾaˈsjað̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for desgraciadas in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is desgraciadas, spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-C-I-A-D-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de desgraciado.
  2. 2
    Forma del femenino plural de desgraciado, participio de desgraciar o de desgraciarse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desgraciadas"?
"desgraciadas" is spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-C-I-A-D-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esɣ̞ɾaˈsjað̞as].
What does "desgraciadas" mean?
As a participle, "desgraciadas" means: Forma del femenino plural de desgraciado.
How do you pronounce "desgraciadas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desgraciadas" is [d̪esɣ̞ɾaˈsjað̞as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desgraciadas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list