desarrollar

/[d̪esaroˈʝaɾ]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,288

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

desarrollar is aSpanishverb. It means: Desplegar, estirar lo que estaba arrollado. Pronounced [d̪esaroˈʝaɾ]. It ranks #2,288 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with desarrollo and desarrolle.

Key facts for desarrollar
PropertyValue
Headworddesarrollar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esaroˈʝaɾ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,288
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desarrollar is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esaroˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,288 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for desarrollar, with forms such as "ddesarrollar", "deasrrollar", and "desarollar". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "desarrollo", "desarrolle", "desarrollos", 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 desarrollar, spelled D-E-S-A-R-R-O-L-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desplegar, estirar lo que estaba arrollado.
  2. 2
    Hacer que algo o alguien crezca, que supere progresivamente varios estados de desarrollo.
  3. 3
    Hablando de cosas inmateriales como ideas, planes o proyectos, llevarlos progresivamente hacia su meta o fin.
  4. 4
    Dicho de una teoría o un tema, explicarlo detalladamente.
  5. 5
    Hacer los cálculos de una operación matemática para dar forma a la expresión analítica.
  6. 6
    Encontrar las soluciones en una función o serie.
  7. 7
    Representar gráficamente de forma simultánea algo que en la práctica no puede ser observado desde una única perspectiva.
  8. 8
    Transformar en imagen visible la película fotográfica en el laboratorio de revelado.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesarrollar,deasrrollar,desarollar,desarorllar,desarrlolar,desarrolalr,desarrolar,desarrollarr,desarrollra,desrarollar,dessarrollar,dsearrollar,edsarrollar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desarrollar

Misspelling Variants of "desarrollar"

ddesarrollar12deasrrollar11desarollar10desarorllar11desarrlolar11desarrolalr11desarrolar10desarrollarr12
Misspelling Variants of "desarrollar"

Frequency rank: #2,288 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desarrollar"?
"desarrollar" is spelled D-E-S-A-R-R-O-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esaroˈʝaɾ].
What does "desarrollar" mean?
As a verb, "desarrollar" means: Desplegar, estirar lo que estaba arrollado.
What words are commonly confused with "desarrollar"?
"desarrollar" is commonly confused with "desarrollo", "desarrolle", "desarrollos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desarrollar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desarrollar" is [d̪esaroˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desarrollar" come from?
"desarrollar" 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.