entristecer
[ẽn̪t̪ɾist̪eˈseɾ]
The verdict
“entristecer” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Producir o causar sentimientos de tristeza, aflicción, pena, pesadumbre, melancolía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-entristecer · entristecer · Spanish
entristecer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | entristecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽn̪t̪ɾist̪eˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “entristecer” en español
Rare enough to double-check
entristecer is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽn̪t̪ɾist̪eˈseɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for entristecer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is entristecer, spelled E-N-T-R-I-S-T-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Producir o causar sentimientos de tristeza, aflicción, pena, pesadumbre, melancolía.
- 2Dar un aspecto o apariencia triste a algo o a alguien.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.