desta
[ˈd̪est̪a]
The verdict
“desta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,994 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a contraction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contracción de el preposiciones de y el adjetivos esta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desta · desta · Spanish
desta · rank #70,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,994
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desquitarse
Nearest frequency peer: desquitarse (-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 “desta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- despidiera
despidiera
29,010 corpus weight
- desposeído
desposeído
29,009 corpus weight
- desquitarse
desquitarse
29,008 corpus weight
- desta
desta
29,007 corpus weight
- desterró
desterró
29,006 corpus weight
- destilan
destilan
29,005 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | [ˈd̪est̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,994 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as acontraction, transcribed [ˈd̪est̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contracción de el preposiciones de y el adjetivos esta.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for desta in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 desta, spelled D-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Contracción de el preposiciones de y el adjetivos esta.
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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