menoscabar
[menoskaˈβ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“menoscabar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,473 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,473
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disminuir las cosas, quitándoles una parte; acortarlas, reducirlas a menos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-menoscabar · menoscabar · Spanish
menoscabar · rank #62,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,473
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH melocotones
Nearest frequency peer: melocotones (-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 “menoscabar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- melocotones
melocotones
37,529 corpus weight
- menoscabar
menoscabar
37,528 corpus weight
- mentís
mentís
37,527 corpus weight
- merchant
merchant
37,526 corpus weight
- mese
mese
37,525 corpus weight
- meteorólogos
meteorólogos
37,524 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “menoscabar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menoscabar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [menoskaˈβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “menoscabar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
menoscabar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,473 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [menoskaˈβ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for menoscabar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is menoscabar, spelled M-E-N-O-S-C-A-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Disminuir las cosas, quitándoles una parte; acortarlas, reducirlas a menos.
- 2Deteriorar y deslustrar una cosa, quitándole parte de la estimación o lucimiento que antes tenía.
- 3Causar mengua o descrédito en la honra o en la fama.
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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