desvirtuar
[d̪esβ̞iɾˈt̪waɾ]
The verdict
“desvirtuar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #45,263 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #45,263
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quitar la virtud, substancia o vigor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desvirtuar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esβ̞iɾˈt̪waɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #45,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desvirtuar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desvirtuar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esβ̞iɾˈt̪waɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,263 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Quitar la virtud, substancia o vigor.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for desvirtuar, with forms such as "ddesvirtuar", "desbirtuar", and "desivrtuar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desvirtuar, spelled D-E-S-V-I-R-T-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1Quitar la virtud, substancia o vigor.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesvirtuar,desbirtuar,desivrtuar,dessvirtuar,desvirrtuar,desvirtaur,desvirttuar,desvirtuarr,desvirtura,desvirutar,desvitruar,desvrituar,desvvirtuar,devsirtuar,dsevirtuar,edsvirtuar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desvirtuar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “desvirtuar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-V-I-R-T-U-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esβ̞iɾˈt̪waɾ] (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.