desagradable
[d̪esaɣ̞ɾaˈð̞aβ̞le]
The verdict
“desagradable” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,543
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no causa buena sensación; que produce un sentimiento de rechazo, disgusto, molestia o desagrado; que desagrada o no es grato.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desagradable · desagradable · Spanish
desagradable · rank #7,543 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,543
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deportivas
Nearest frequency peer: deportivas (-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 “desagradable”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- denunció
denunció
92,461 corpus weight
- deportivas
deportivas
92,459 corpus weight
- desagradable
desagradable
92,458 corpus weight
- desconocidos
desconocidos
92,457 corpus weight
- deseando
deseando
92,456 corpus weight
- desorden
desorden
92,455 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “desagradable” 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 | desagradable |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪esaɣ̞ɾaˈð̞aβ̞le] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “desagradable” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around desagradable (IPA [d̪esaɣ̞ɾaˈð̞aβ̞le]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,543 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que no causa buena sensación; que produce un sentimiento de rechazo, disgusto, molestia o desagrado; que desagrada o no es grato.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for desagradable, with forms such as "ddesagradable", "deasgradable", and "desagardable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "desagradables", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desagradable, spelled D-E-S-A-G-R-A-D-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que no causa buena sensación; que produce un sentimiento de rechazo, disgusto, molestia o desagrado; que desagrada o no es grato.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desagradable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Como Pedro había insultado a María el ambiente era muy desagradable (referido a situación).
Pedro siempre fue muy desagradable conmigo (referido a persona).
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesagradable
- deasgradable
- desagardable
- desaggradable
- desagraadble
- desagradabble
- desagradabel
- desagradablle
- desagradalbe
- desagradavle
- desagradbale
- desagraddable
- desagrdaable
- desagrradable
- desargadable
- desgaradable
- dessagradable
- dseagradable
- edsagradable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desagradable - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "desagradables". View pair
- 19 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,543 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
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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.