defienda

Name: defienda, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[d̪eˈfjẽn̪d̪a]

/[d̪eˈfjẽn̪d̪a]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“defienda” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,782
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,885
“D” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de defender o de defenderse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-defienda · defienda · Spanish

defienda · rank #18,782 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,782
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 4,885
PHOTO-FINISH dependía

Nearest frequency peer: dependía (+2 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.

cubra

81,223
Cúcuta

81,222
defienda

81,219
dependía

81,217
derivar

81,216
derogación

81,215

What this shows “defienda” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

defienda vs defina

75% similar

defienda vs dependa

75% similar

defienda vs definía

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for defienda
Property	Value
Headword	defienda
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[d̪eˈfjẽn̪d̪a]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#18,782
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	13
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “defienda”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.defiendacae aquí:

#18,782

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “dependía” (#18,784), “Cúcuta” (#18,779), “derivar” (#18,785). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “defienda” va en #18,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around defienda (IPA [d̪eˈfjẽn̪d̪a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,782 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for defienda, with forms such as "ddefienda", "defeinda", and "deffienda". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "defina", "dependa", "definía", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is defienda, spelled D-E-F-I-E-N-D-A.

Definition

1
Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de defender o de defenderse.
2
Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de defender o de defenderse.
3
Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de defender o del imperativo negativo de defenderse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddefienda
defeinda
deffienda
defiedna
defienad
defiendda
defiennda
defineda
deifenda
dfeienda
edfienda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of defienda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "defienda"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "defienda"?

"defienda" is spelled D-E-F-I-E-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈfjẽn̪d̪a].

What does "defienda" mean?

As a verb, "defienda" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de defender o de defenderse.

What words are commonly confused with "defienda"?

"defienda" is commonly confused with "defina", "dependa", "definía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "defienda"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "defienda" is [d̪eˈfjẽn̪d̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "defienda" come from?

"defienda" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "defienda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dependía#18,784 comillas#18,770 devuelta#18,796 citación#18,766

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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