desoír
[d̪esoˈiɾ]
The verdict
“desoír” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Negarse a oír, a escuchar, a poner atención o a hacer caso de lo que dice alguien o algo, especialmente si se trata de advertencias, prohibiciones o peticiones. Hacer caso omiso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desoir · desoír · Spanish
desoír · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desoír |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esoˈiɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desoír” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desoír is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esoˈiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Negarse a oír, a escuchar, a poner atención o a hacer caso de lo que dice alguien o algo, especialmente si se trata de advertencias, prohibiciones o peticiones. Hacer caso omiso.".
desoír has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desoír, spelled D-E-S-O-Í-R.
Definition
- 1Negarse a oír, a escuchar, a poner atención o a hacer caso de lo que dice alguien o algo, especialmente si se trata de advertencias, prohibiciones o peticiones. Hacer caso omiso.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desoír appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me acordé entonces de los buenos consejos de mi padre y su vaticinio que Dios me negaría su bendición si daba ese paso insensato y tendría tiempo para meditar las consecuencias de haber desoído sus consejos cuando nadie pudiera auxiliarme.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.