devastados

[d̪eβ̞asˈt̪að̞os]

/[d̪eβ̞asˈt̪að̞os]/ participle

The verdict

“devastados” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,868 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,868
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de devastado, participio de devastar (dejar en ruinas, asolar, arrasar).

Corpus desk

Index ES-devastados · devastados · Spanish

devastados · rank #66,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,868
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH devociones

Nearest frequency peer: devociones (+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 “devastados”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “devastados” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for devastados
PropertyValue
Headworddevastados
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[d̪eβ̞asˈt̪að̞os]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “devastados” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).devastadoscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “devociones” (#66,869), “desvirtúa” (#66,866), “diferendo” (#66,871). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “devastados” va en #66,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

devastados is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,868 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [d̪eβ̞asˈt̪að̞os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de devastado, participio de devastar (dejar en ruinas, asolar, arrasar).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for devastados, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is devastados, spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-D-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de devastado, participio de devastar (dejar en ruinas, asolar, arrasar).

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 "devastados"?
"devastados" is spelled D-E-V-A-S-T-A-D-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eβ̞asˈt̪að̞os].
What does "devastados" mean?
As a participle, "devastados" means: Forma del plural de devastado, participio de devastar (dejar en ruinas, asolar, arrasar).
How do you pronounce "devastados"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "devastados" is [d̪eβ̞asˈt̪að̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "devastados" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "devastados", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list