marchitarse
[maɾt͡ʃiˈt̪aɾse]
The verdict
“marchitarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,505 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,505
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ajarse, deslucirse y perderse el jugo y frescura de las hierbas, flores y otras cosas, haciéndoles perder su vigor y lozanía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marchitarse · marchitarse · Spanish
marchitarse · rank #96,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,505
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH maravillarse
Nearest frequency peer: maravillarse (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “marchitarse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- malteadas
malteadas
3,500 corpus weight
- marasmo
marasmo
3,498 corpus weight
- maravillarse
maravillarse
3,497 corpus weight
- marchitarse
marchitarse
3,496 corpus weight
- mareados
mareados
3,495 corpus weight
- mareros
mareros
3,494 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “marchitarse” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marchitarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maɾt͡ʃiˈt̪aɾse] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marchitarse” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marchitarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,505 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [maɾt͡ʃiˈt̪aɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marchitarse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is marchitarse, spelled M-A-R-C-H-I-T-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ajarse, deslucirse y perderse el jugo y frescura de las hierbas, flores y otras cosas, haciéndoles perder su vigor y lozanía.
- 2Enflaquecer, debilitarse, perder el vigor, la robustez, la hermosura.
Synonyms
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marchitarse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.