humedecer
[umeð̞eˈseɾ]
The verdict
“humedecer” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,307 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,307
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impregnar ligeramente de agua u otro líquido; poner húmedo; causar o transmitir humedad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-humedecer · humedecer · Spanish
humedecer · rank #78,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,307
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH humareda
Nearest frequency peer: humareda (-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 “humedecer”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- huge
huge
21,698 corpus weight
- humanitas
humanitas
21,697 corpus weight
- humareda
humareda
21,695 corpus weight
- humedecer
humedecer
21,694 corpus weight
- humille
humille
21,693 corpus weight
- iberos
iberos
21,691 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “humedecer” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humedecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [umeð̞eˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “humedecer” en español
Rare enough to double-check
humedecer is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,307 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [umeð̞eˈseɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impregnar ligeramente de agua u otro líquido; poner húmedo; causar o transmitir humedad.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for humedecer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is humedecer, spelled H-U-M-E-D-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Impregnar ligeramente de agua u otro líquido; poner húmedo; causar o transmitir humedad.
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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.
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