depender

/[d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,368

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

depender is aSpanishverb. It means: Tener subordinación; estar bajo las órdenes o decisiones de una autoridad o gobierno. Pronounced [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. It ranks #8,368 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with detener and deponer.

Key facts for depender
PropertyValue
Headworddepender
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,368
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of depender in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for depender is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,368 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for depender, with forms such as "ddepender", "deepnder", and "depedner". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "detener", "deponer", "dependía", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is depender, spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tener subordinación; estar bajo las órdenes o decisiones de una autoridad o gobierno.
  2. 2
    Estar condicionado por alguien o algo; ser contingente o estar producido por algo.
  3. 3
    Estar supeditado o atenido a un recurso o a la protección de alguien para vivir.
  4. 4
    Estar un elemento gramatical regido o subordinado por otro, al ser su complemento o calificativo.
  5. 5
    Necesitar de algo en específico o de la presencia de una persona.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddepender,deepnder,depedner,dependder,dependerr,dependre,depenedr,depennder,depneder,deppender,dpeender,edpender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for depender

Misspelling Variants of "depender"

ddepender9deepnder8depedner8dependder9dependerr9dependre8depenedr8depennder9
Misspelling Variants of "depender"

Frequency rank: #8,368 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "depender"?
"depender" is spelled D-E-P-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ].
What does "depender" mean?
As a verb, "depender" means: Tener subordinación; estar bajo las órdenes o decisiones de una autoridad o gobierno.
What words are commonly confused with "depender"?
"depender" is commonly confused with "detener", "deponer", "dependía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "depender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "depender" is [d̪epẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "depender" come from?
"depender" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.