resentir
[resẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
The verdict
“resentir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,561 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,561
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causar dolor, enojo, tristeza, ofensa o rencor; lastimar los sentimientos de alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-resentir · resentir · Spanish
resentir · rank #94,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,561
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH repubblica
Nearest frequency peer: repubblica (-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 “resentir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- reponga
reponga
5,442 corpus weight
- repubblica
repubblica
5,441 corpus weight
- resentir
resentir
5,440 corpus weight
- respetaré
respetaré
5,439 corpus weight
- responsabil…
responsabilizado
5,438 corpus weight
- responsible
responsible
5,437 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “resentir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resentir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [resẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “resentir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
resentir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,561 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [resẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for resentir in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 resentir, spelled R-E-S-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Causar dolor, enojo, tristeza, ofensa o rencor; lastimar los sentimientos de alguien.
- 2Causar debilidad, hacer disminuir la fuerza, tamaño o vitalidad de algo o de alguien.
- 3Quedar en un estado inferior al que se tenía antes, especialmente en términos de hacerse más débil, vulnerable o reducido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how resentir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero admito que el arrancón con Leonardo me partió el alma y a él también lo resintió y hasta la fecha tenemos los dos esa lastimadura
Tanta actividad lo resintió. Para agosto, su palidez impresionaba
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.
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