indeseado

[ĩn̪d̪eseˈað̞o]

/[ĩn̪d̪eseˈað̞o]/ adj

The verdict

“indeseado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,074 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,074
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no es deseado o querido.

Corpus desk

Index ES-indeseado · indeseado · Spanish

indeseado · rank #81,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,074
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH inculcan

Nearest frequency peer: inculcan (-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 “indeseado”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indeseado
PropertyValue
Headwordindeseado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ĩn̪d̪eseˈað̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “indeseado” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).indeseadocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “inculcan” (#81,073), “indexados” (#81,075), “inconformidades” (#81,072). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “indeseado” va en #81,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indeseado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,074 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ĩn̪d̪eseˈað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que no es deseado o querido.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for indeseado, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is indeseado, spelled I-N-D-E-S-E-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no es deseado o querido.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how indeseado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durante esta última semana intenté hacer eso con el tema del aborto, o más bien acerca de los embarazos indeseados y sus consecuencias emocionales.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indeseado"?
"indeseado" is spelled I-N-D-E-S-E-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪d̪eseˈað̞o].
What does "indeseado" mean?
As an adjective, "indeseado" means: Que no es deseado o querido.
How do you pronounce "indeseado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indeseado" is [ĩn̪d̪eseˈað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indeseado" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indeseado", 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