desperate
/ˈdɛs.pə.ɹɪt/
The verdict
“desperate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,811 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,811
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Desesperado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desperate · desperate · Spanish
desperate · rank #71,811 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,811
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deshonestas
Nearest frequency peer: deshonestas (-2 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 “desperate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desenmascar…
desenmascarado
28,194 corpus weight
- desgastando
desgastando
28,193 corpus weight
- deshonestas
deshonestas
28,192 corpus weight
- desperate
desperate
28,190 corpus weight
- desplomarse
desplomarse
28,188 corpus weight
- despojarse
despojarse
28,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desperate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desperate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdɛs.pə.ɹɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desperate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desperate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,811 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈdɛs.pə.ɹɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Desesperado.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for desperate in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is desperate, spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Desesperado.
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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