desmayan

[d̪esˈmaʝãn]

/[d̪esˈmaʝãn]/ verb

The verdict

“desmayan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,919 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,919
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desmayar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desmayan · desmayan · Spanish

desmayan · rank #92,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,919
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH desilusionó

Nearest frequency peer: desilusionó (-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 “desmayan”

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 “desmayan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desmayan
PropertyValue
Headworddesmayan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esˈmaʝãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,919
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desmayan” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).desmayancae 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: “desilusionó” (#92,918), “desmembrados” (#92,920), “desheredados” (#92,917). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “desmayan” va en #92,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desmayan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,919 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esˈmaʝãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desmayar.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for desmayan in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is desmayan, spelled D-E-S-M-A-Y-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desmayar.

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 "desmayan"?
"desmayan" is spelled D-E-S-M-A-Y-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈmaʝãn].
What does "desmayan" mean?
As a verb, "desmayan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desmayar.
How do you pronounce "desmayan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desmayan" is [d̪esˈmaʝãn]. 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 "desmayan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list