desmentir
[d̪esmẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
The verdict
“desmentir” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,804
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Declarar mentira o falso lo declarado por otro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desmentir · desmentir · Spanish
desmentir · rank #26,804 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,804
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desencadenar
Nearest frequency peer: desencadenar (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “desmentir”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- desborda
desborda
73,200 corpus weight
- descuida
descuida
73,199 corpus weight
- desencadenar
desencadenar
73,198 corpus weight
- desmentir
desmentir
73,197 corpus weight
- despertaba
despertaba
73,196 corpus weight
- destierro
destierro
73,195 corpus weight
What this shows “desmentir” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desmentir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esmẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “desmentir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around desmentir (IPA [d̪esmẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,804 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for desmentir, with forms such as "ddesmentir", "demsentir", and "desemntir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "disentir", "desmontar", "desmintió", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desmentir, spelled D-E-S-M-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Declarar mentira o falso lo declarado por otro.
- 2Demostrar con hechos la falsedad de algo.
- 3Comportarse o proceder de un modo diferente al habitual o al esperado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desmentir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
desmentir a un testigo.
La lluvia anunciada fue desmentida por un brillante sol.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesmentir
- demsentir
- desemntir
- desmenitr
- desmenntir
- desmentirr
- desmentri
- desmenttir
- desmetnir
- desmmentir
- desmnetir
- dessmentir
- dsementir
- edsmentir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desmentir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desmentir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).