dilapidación
[d̪ilapið̞aˈsjõn]
The verdict
“dilapidación” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de dilapidar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dilapidacion · dilapidación · Spanish
dilapidación · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dilapidación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪ilapið̞aˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dilapidación” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dilapidación is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪ilapið̞aˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de dilapidar.".
dilapidación doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dilapidación, spelled D-I-L-A-P-I-D-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de dilapidar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dilapidación appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
juzgándose poco poderosos si no intentaban lo que pasase de la humana posibilidad, derramando en ejecución de sus antojos la sustancia y riqueza del Imperio, con que no había límite a las rapiñas ni a la dilapidación.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.