desánimo
[d̪eˈsanimo]
The verdict
“desánimo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,861
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de desanimar o de desanimarse; falta de ánimo, entusiasmo, ganas o voluntad para hacer o enfrentar algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desanimo · desánimo · Spanish
desánimo · rank #41,861 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,861
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 90,663
- PHOTO-FINISH destrozan
Nearest frequency peer: destrozan (-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 “desánimo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- desplazaron
desplazaron
58,143 corpus weight
- destacaban
destacaban
58,142 corpus weight
- destrozan
destrozan
58,141 corpus weight
- desánimo
desánimo
58,140 corpus weight
- determinaci…
determinaciones
58,139 corpus weight
- diluido
diluido
58,137 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “desánimo” 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 | desánimo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eˈsanimo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desánimo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around desánimo (IPA [d̪eˈsanimo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,861 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acción o efecto de desanimar o de desanimarse; falta de ánimo, entusiasmo, ganas o voluntad para hacer o enfrentar algo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desánimo, with forms such as "ddesánimo", "desnáimo", and "dessánimo". 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, "desafío", "desanimes", "desanimado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desánimo, spelled D-E-S-Á-N-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de desanimar o de desanimarse; falta de ánimo, entusiasmo, ganas o voluntad para hacer o enfrentar algo.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesánimo
- desnáimo
- dessánimo
- desáinmo
- desánimmo
- desániom
- desánmio
- desánnimo
- deásnimo
- dseánimo
- edsánimo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desánimo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "desánimo", 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.