desmembrar
[d̪esmẽmˈbɾaɾ]
The verdict
“desmembrar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #81,902 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #81,902
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dividir y apartar los miembros del cuerpo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desmembrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esmẽmˈbɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desmembrar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desmembrar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esmẽmˈbɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,902 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
desmembrar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desmembrar, spelled D-E-S-M-E-M-B-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dividir y apartar los miembros del cuerpo.
- 2Separar, dividir una cosa de otra.
- 3Descuartizar (hacer pedazos una cosa).
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 “desmembrar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-M-E-M-B-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esmẽmˈbɾaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.