desvanecer
[d̪esβ̞aneˈseɾ]
The verdict
“desvanecer” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #89,781 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #89,781
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer que las partículas de un cuerpo se difundan, disuelvan, difuminen, disipen o disgreguen en otro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desvanecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esβ̞aneˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desvanecer” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desvanecer is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esβ̞aneˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,781 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for desvanecer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 desvanecer, spelled D-E-S-V-A-N-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que las partículas de un cuerpo se difundan, disuelvan, difuminen, disipen o disgreguen en otro.
- 2Hacer que un color vaya perdiendo intensidad mientras otro la va ganando gradualmente.
- 3Hacer que algo desaparezca o deje de estar presente, visible, influyente, etc.
- 4Sufrir un desmayo, perder la conciencia o el sentido.
- 5Causar vanidad, presunción, envanecimiento, o inducir a ellos.
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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Using “desvanecer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-V-A-N-E-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esβ̞aneˈseɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.