desaparición

/[d̪esapaɾiˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,235

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

desaparición is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de desaparecer. Pronounced [d̪esapaɾiˈsjõn]. It ranks #4,235 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with desapariciones and desapareció.

Key facts for desaparición
PropertyValue
Headworddesaparición
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esapaɾiˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#4,235
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desaparición is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esapaɾiˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,235 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de desaparecer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for desaparición, with forms such as "ddesaparición", "deasparición", and "desaaprición". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "desapariciones", "desapareció", 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 desaparición, spelled D-E-S-A-P-A-R-I-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de desaparecer.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesaparición,deasparición,desaaprición,desapairción,desaparciión,desaparicción,desaparicinó,desapariciónn,desaparicóin,desapariicón,desaparisión,desaparrición,desapparición,desapraición,despaarición,dessaparición,dseaparición,edsaparición

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desaparición

Misspelling Variants of "desaparición"

ddesaparición13deasparición12desaaprición12desapairción12desaparciión12desaparicción13desaparicinó12desapariciónn13
Misspelling Variants of "desaparición"

Frequency rank: #4,235 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desaparición"?
"desaparición" is spelled D-E-S-A-P-A-R-I-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esapaɾiˈsjõn].
What does "desaparición" mean?
As a noun, "desaparición" means: Acción o efecto de desaparecer.
What words are commonly confused with "desaparición"?
"desaparición" is commonly confused with "desapariciones", "desapareció". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desaparición"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desaparición" is [d̪esapaɾiˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desaparición" come from?
"desaparición" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.