desubicado

[d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o]

/[d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o]/ adj

The verdict

“desubicado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,193 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,193
frequency rank, Spanish
90,663
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no responde a la situación en que se encuentra de un modo adecuado, sensato, prudente o razonable.

Key facts for desubicado
PropertyValue
Headworddesubicado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o]
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “desubicado” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). desubicado lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desubicado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,193 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for desubicado in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is desubicado, spelled D-E-S-U-B-I-C-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no responde a la situación en que se encuentra de un modo adecuado, sensato, prudente o razonable.
  2. 2
    Que no tiene noción clara de dónde está o qué dirección tomar. Desorientado, confundido.
  3. 3
    Que se comporta o hace cosas de manera fuera de lugar o inadecuado.
  4. 4
    Fuera de lugar o de contexto.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desubicado"?
"desubicado" is spelled D-E-S-U-B-I-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o].
What does "desubicado" mean?
As an adjective, "desubicado" means: Que no responde a la situación en que se encuentra de un modo adecuado, sensato, prudente o razonable.
How do you pronounce "desubicado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desubicado" is [d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desubicado" come from?
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Using “desubicado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-U-B-I-C-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [d̪esuβ̞iˈkað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list