dilatan
[d̪iˈlat̪ãn]
The verdict
“dilatan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,149 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,149
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dilatar o de dilatarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dilatan · dilatan · Spanish
dilatan · rank #78,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,149
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dignado
Nearest frequency peer: dignado (-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 “dilatan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- diezmada
diezmada
21,855 corpus weight
- difuminar
difuminar
21,854 corpus weight
- dignado
dignado
21,853 corpus weight
- dilatan
dilatan
21,852 corpus weight
- discontinuo
discontinuo
21,850 corpus weight
- dispusiera
dispusiera
21,849 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dilatan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dilatan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪iˈlat̪ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dilatan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dilatan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,149 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪iˈlat̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dilatar o de dilatarse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dilatan, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is dilatan, spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dilatar o de dilatarse.
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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