despite that
"despite-that" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“despite that” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a conjunction - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - despite the fact that, despite [+ gerund], in spite of, although, even though
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despite that |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “despite that” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for despite that is 12 letters long, classified as a conjunction. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "despite the fact that, despite [+ gerund], in spite of, although, even though".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for despite that, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 English form is despite that, spelled D-E-S-P-I-T-E- -T-H-A-T.
Definition
- 1despite the fact that, despite [+ gerund], in spite of, although, even though
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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.
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Using “despite that”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-S-P-I-T-E- -T-H-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.