detén
[d̪eˈt̪ẽn]
The verdict
“detén” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,141 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,141
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de detener.
Corpus desk
Index ES-deten · detén · Spanish
detén · rank #78,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,141
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH determinamos
Nearest frequency peer: determinamos (-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 “detén”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- despropósit…
despropósitos
21,864 corpus weight
- desvincula
desvincula
21,863 corpus weight
- deterioránd…
deteriorándose
21,862 corpus weight
- determinamos
determinamos
21,861 corpus weight
- detén
detén
21,860 corpus weight
- dida
dida
21,856 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “detén” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | detén |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈt̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “detén” en español
Rare enough to double-check
detén is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,141 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪eˈt̪ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de detener.".
No misspelling variants are generated for detén in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is detén, spelled D-E-T-É-N.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de detener.
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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