despilfarrar
[d̪espilfaˈraɾ]
The verdict
“despilfarrar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,550 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,550
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gastar dinero u otros bienes en grandes cantidades y sin adquirir nada verdaderamente útil.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despilfarrar · despilfarrar · Spanish
despilfarrar · rank #73,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,550
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH despegan
Nearest frequency peer: despegan (-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 “despilfarrar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desfiladeros
desfiladeros
26,455 corpus weight
- desgraciadas
desgraciadas
26,454 corpus weight
- desmoronando
desmoronando
26,453 corpus weight
- despegan
despegan
26,452 corpus weight
- despilfarrar
despilfarrar
26,451 corpus weight
- determinaría
determinaría
26,448 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despilfarrar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despilfarrar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espilfaˈraɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #73,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “despilfarrar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
despilfarrar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,550 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪espilfaˈraɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for despilfarrar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is despilfarrar, spelled D-E-S-P-I-L-F-A-R-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Gastar dinero u otros bienes en grandes cantidades y sin adquirir nada verdaderamente útil.
- 2Echar a perder una oportunidad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how despilfarrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lo cierto es que se preparó: no solo estudió a los grandes convencedores; también, con especial cuidado, a sus opuestos: a esas personas que habían tenido la posibilidad de convertirse en uno de ellos —una idea genial, un gran producto inédito— y la despilfarraron.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).