detecto
[d̪eˈt̪ekt̪o]
The verdict
“detecto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,263 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,263
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de detectar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-detecto · detecto · Spanish
detecto · rank #56,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,263
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH destructora
Nearest frequency peer: destructora (-2 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 “detecto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desinfectar
desinfectar
43,744 corpus weight
- desobediente
desobediente
43,743 corpus weight
- desprender
desprender
43,742 corpus weight
- destructora
destructora
43,740 corpus weight
- detecto
detecto
43,738 corpus weight
- devuelvas
devuelvas
43,734 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “detecto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | detecto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈt̪ekt̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “detecto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
detecto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,263 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eˈt̪ekt̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de detectar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for detecto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is detecto, spelled D-E-T-E-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de detectar.
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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