deteriorar
[d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“deteriorar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,741 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,741
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estropear, menoscabar, poner en inferior condición una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-deteriorar · deteriorar · Spanish
deteriorar · rank #63,741 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,741
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deteniéndose
Nearest frequency peer: deteniéndose (-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 “deteriorar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desparpajo
desparpajo
36,264 corpus weight
- desplazaban
desplazaban
36,263 corpus weight
- detectamos
detectamos
36,262 corpus weight
- deteniéndose
deteniéndose
36,261 corpus weight
- deteriorar
deteriorar
36,260 corpus weight
- diferenciaba
diferenciaba
36,256 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “deteriorar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deteriorar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “deteriorar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
deteriorar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,741 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Estropear, menoscabar, poner en inferior condición una cosa.".
deteriorar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is deteriorar, spelled D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Estropear, menoscabar, poner en inferior condición una cosa.
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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