despedazar
[d̪espeð̞aˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“despedazar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,819 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,819
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer pedazos un cuerpo, dividiéndolo en partes sin orden ni concierto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despedazar · despedazar · Spanish
despedazar · rank #90,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,819
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH despegaron
Nearest frequency peer: despegaron (+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 “despedazar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desglosado
desglosado
9,185 corpus weight
- desinfla
desinfla
9,184 corpus weight
- despedazar
despedazar
9,182 corpus weight
- despegaron
despegaron
9,181 corpus weight
- despersonal…
despersonalización
9,180 corpus weight
- desploman
desploman
9,179 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despedazar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despedazar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espeð̞aˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “despedazar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
despedazar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,819 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪espeð̞aˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for despedazar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 despedazar, spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-A-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer pedazos un cuerpo, dividiéndolo en partes sin orden ni concierto.
- 2Maltratar y destruir algo no material.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how despedazar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El papa Bonifacio viii decretó que, cualquiera que se atreviese a despedazar un cuerpo humano, o a hervirlo, sería excomulgado; disposición que tenía por objeto prohibir una práctica que en ciertas ocasiones los cruzados habían llevado a cabo».
«Si Ignacio y su ejército de abogados, que son unos tiburones, saben que te estás acostando conmigo, con tu cuñado, te van a despedazar y vas a perder todos los juicios de divorcio y te vas a quedar sin un centavo en la calle».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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