deteriorarse

Name: deteriorarse, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]

/[d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“deteriorarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,728 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,728
frequency rank, Spanish: 90,663
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caer en un estado inferior o en una condición menos deseable a una anterior; empeorar, degenerar, decaer.

Key facts for deteriorarse
Property	Value
Headword	deteriorarse
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#60,728
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “deteriorarse” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). deteriorarse lands here:

#60,728

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deteriorarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,728 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caer en un estado inferior o en una condición menos deseable a una anterior; empeorar, degenerar, decaer.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for deteriorarse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is deteriorarse, spelled D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-A-R-S-E.

Definition

1
Caer en un estado inferior o en una condición menos deseable a una anterior; empeorar, degenerar, decaer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deteriorarse"?

"deteriorarse" is spelled D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse].

What does "deteriorarse" mean?

As a verb, "deteriorarse" means: Caer en un estado inferior o en una condición menos deseable a una anterior; empeorar, degenerar, decaer.

How do you pronounce "deteriorarse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deteriorarse" is [d̪et̪eɾjoˈɾaɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "deteriorarse" come from?

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Using “deteriorarse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-T-E-R-I-O-R-A-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.