desinformar
[d̪esĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“desinformar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,485 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #68,485
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Divulgar información falsa o incompleta con el objeto de ocultar la verdad o causar confusión.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desinformar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desinformar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desinformar is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,485 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Divulgar información falsa o incompleta con el objeto de ocultar la verdad o causar confusión.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for desinformar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desinformar, spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Divulgar información falsa o incompleta con el objeto de ocultar la verdad o causar confusión.
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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Using “desinformar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.