desafían
[d̪esaˈfiãn]
The verdict
“desafían” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,298
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desafiar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desafian · desafían · Spanish
desafían · rank #41,298 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 90,663
- PHOTO-FINISH desempeñaron
Nearest frequency peer: desempeñaron (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “desafían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- demoran
demoran
58,706 corpus weight
- Denia
Denia
58,705 corpus weight
- desafían
desafían
58,703 corpus weight
- desempeñaron
desempeñaron
58,702 corpus weight
- desenvolvim…
desenvolvimiento
58,701 corpus weight
- desmorona
desmorona
58,700 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “desafían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | desafían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esaˈfiãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desafían” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around desafían (IPA [d̪esaˈfiãn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,298 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desafiar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desafían, with forms such as "ddesafían", "deasfían", and "desafaín". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "desafío", "desvían", "desafíos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desafían, spelled D-E-S-A-F-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desafiar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesafían
- deasfían
- desafaín
- desaffían
- desafíann
- desafína
- desaífan
- desfaían
- dessafían
- dseafían
- edsafían
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desafían - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desafían", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.