desposar
[d̪espoˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“desposar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar un ministro religioso autorización para el matrimonio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desposar · desposar · Spanish
desposar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | desposar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espoˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desposar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desposar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪espoˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
desposar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is desposar, spelled D-E-S-P-O-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar un ministro religioso autorización para el matrimonio.
- 2Contraer matrimonio o prometerlo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desposar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y, diciendo esto y tomándolos de las manos, los desposó él mismo y les echó la bendición
Un hombre desposó a 20 mujeres en un pueblo pequeño. Todas ellas viven todavía, y nunca se divorció de alguna
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.