debatir
[d̪eβ̞aˈt̪iɾ]
The verdict
“debatir” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,248 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,248
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oponer ideas o propuestas con el objeto de llegar a una conclusión, o el enriquecimiento de los asistentes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debatir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eβ̞aˈt̪iɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “debatir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for debatir is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eβ̞aˈt̪iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,248 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Oponer ideas o propuestas con el objeto de llegar a una conclusión, o el enriquecimiento de los asistentes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for debatir, with forms such as "dbeatir", "ddebatir", and "deabtir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "desatar", "debutar", "debate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 debatir, spelled D-E-B-A-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Oponer ideas o propuestas con el objeto de llegar a una conclusión, o el enriquecimiento de los asistentes.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dbeatir,ddebatir,deabtir,debaitr,debatirr,debatri,debattir,debbatir,debtair,devatir,edbatir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of debatir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “debatir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-B-A-T-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eβ̞aˈt̪iɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “desatar” - see the side-by-side comparison. debatir vs desatar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.