dispensar
[d̪ispẽnˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“dispensar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,568 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,568
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donar, entregar, repartir, conceder, otorgar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dispensar · dispensar · Spanish
dispensar · rank #73,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,568
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH Disneylandia
Nearest frequency peer: Disneylandia (-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 “dispensar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- diseminar
diseminar
26,437 corpus weight
- disminucion…
disminuciones
26,435 corpus weight
- Disneylandia
Disneylandia
26,434 corpus weight
- dispensar
dispensar
26,433 corpus weight
- distribuimos
distribuimos
26,432 corpus weight
- disuasorio
disuasorio
26,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dispensar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispensar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪ispẽnˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dispensar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dispensar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,568 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪ispẽnˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dispensar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 dispensar, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Donar, entregar, repartir, conceder, otorgar.
- 2Vender, despachar un medicamento.
- 3Librar, desembarazar de una obligación o carga o de lo que se quiere considerar como tal.
- 4Perdonar o redimir de una falta cometida, o de lo que se quiere considerar como tal.
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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