desmembrar
[d̪esmẽmˈbɾaɾ]
The verdict
“desmembrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,902 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,902
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dividir y apartar los miembros del cuerpo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desmembrar · desmembrar · Spanish
desmembrar · rank #81,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,902
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desmantelaron
Nearest frequency peer: desmantelaron (-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 “desmembrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desgarrando
desgarrando
18,103 corpus weight
- desgarros
desgarros
18,102 corpus weight
- desmantelar…
desmantelaron
18,100 corpus weight
- desmembrar
desmembrar
18,099 corpus weight
- desmontan
desmontan
18,098 corpus weight
- despego
despego
18,096 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desmembrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “desmembrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desmembrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,902 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esmẽmˈbɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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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