infestar
[ĩɱfesˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“infestar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un organismo: parasitar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-infestar · infestar · Spanish
infestar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | infestar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩɱfesˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “infestar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
infestar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩɱfesˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for infestar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is infestar, spelled I-N-F-E-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un organismo: parasitar.
- 2Causar daños y estragos con hostilidades y correrías.
- 3Causar estragos y molestias los animales y las plantas advenedizas en los campos cultivados y aun en las casas.
- 4Poblar un sitio con muchas personas.
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.