esfumarse

[esfuˈmaɾse]

/[esfuˈmaɾse]/ verb

The verdict

“esfumarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,177 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,177
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Referido a un cuerpo, especialmente el gaseoso, disipar, difundir, disolver, difuminar, diseminar, esparcir o disgregar sus partículas en otro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-esfumarse · esfumarse · Spanish

esfumarse · rank #95,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,177
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH esnobismo

Nearest frequency peer: esnobismo (+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 “esfumarse”

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 “esfumarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for esfumarse
PropertyValue
Headwordesfumarse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[esfuˈmaɾse]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,177
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “esfumarse” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.esfumarsecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “esnobismo” (#95,178), “escuálida” (#95,175), “escurriendo” (#95,174). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “esfumarse” va en #95,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

esfumarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,177 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [esfuˈmaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

esfumarse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esfumarse, spelled E-S-F-U-M-A-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Referido a un cuerpo, especialmente el gaseoso, disipar, difundir, disolver, difuminar, diseminar, esparcir o disgregar sus partículas en otro.
  2. 2
    Irse o desaparecer de un lugar de modo rápido, con disimulo o sin ser notado.
  3. 3
    Dicho de un sueño o una idea, perecer, dejar de existir.

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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 "esfumarse"?
"esfumarse" is spelled E-S-F-U-M-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [esfuˈmaɾse].
What does "esfumarse" mean?
As a verb, "esfumarse" means: Referido a un cuerpo, especialmente el gaseoso, disipar, difundir, disolver, difuminar, diseminar, esparcir o disgregar sus partículas en otro.
How do you pronounce "esfumarse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esfumarse" is [esfuˈmaɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esfumarse" come from?
"esfumarse" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list