# despicable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/ · frequency rank #15,796

## Definitions
1. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.

## Etymology
From Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“to despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“to look at, behold”). First attested in the 1550s. Equivalent to despise + -able.

## Easily confused with
- **desirable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/desirable-vs-despicable)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ddespicable`, `depsicable`, `desipcable`, `despciable`, `despiacble`, `despicabble`, `despicabel`, `despicablle`, `despicalbe`, `despicbale`, `despiccable`, `despicible`, `desppicable`, `desspicable`, `dsepicable`, `edspicable`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/despicable