departamento
[d̪epaɾt̪aˈmẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“departamento” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #805 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #805
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad de vivienda autónoma que, junto con otras similares, conforma un edificio o complejo de residencias
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 | departamento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪epaɾt̪aˈmẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “departamento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for departamento is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪epaɾt̪aˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #805 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for departamento, with forms such as "ddepartamento", "deaprtamento", and "deparatmento". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "department", "departamentos", "departamental", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is departamento, spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Unidad de vivienda autónoma que, junto con otras similares, conforma un edificio o complejo de residencias
- 2Unidad administrativa de una organización
- 3En particular, la que corresponde a un saber o disciplina en una universidad y organiza la enseñanza e investigación en la misma
- 4En algunos países, unidad político-administrativa en que se divide su territorio
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddepartamento,deaprtamento,deparatmento,deparrtamento,departaemnto,departamennto,departamenot,departamentto,departametno,departammento,departamneto,departmaento,departtamento,depatramento,deppartamento,depratamento,dpeartamento,edpartamento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of departamento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “departamento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-P-A-R-T-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪epaɾt̪aˈmẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “department” - see the side-by-side comparison. departamento vs department
- 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.