desarrollo

/[d̪esaˈroʝo]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#326

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

desarrollo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de desarrollar o de desarrollarse. Pronounced [d̪esaˈroʝo]. It ranks #326 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with desarrollos and desarrolla.

Key facts for desarrollo
PropertyValue
Headworddesarrollo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esaˈroʝo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#326
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desarrollo is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esaˈroʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #326 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for desarrollo, with forms such as "ddesarrollo", "deasrrollo", and "desarollo". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "desarrollos", "desarrolla", "desarrolle", 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 desarrollo, spelled D-E-S-A-R-R-O-L-L-O, 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 desarrollar o de desarrollarse.
  2. 2
    Proporción entre los dientes del plato y el piñón que establece la distancia avanzada por cada revolución de los pedales.
  3. 3
    Progreso económico de una sociedad que conduce a la mejora de las condiciones de vida.
  4. 4
    Configuración de los engranajes en un vehículo que regula la transferencia de potencia a las ruedas según la velocidad seleccionada.
  5. 5
    Proceso en el que las piezas de la primera fila se mueven hacia el centro del tablero.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesarrollo,deasrrollo,desarollo,desarorllo,desarrlolo,desarrolo,desarrolol,desrarollo,dessarrollo,dsearrollo,edsarrollo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desarrollo

Misspelling Variants of "desarrollo"

ddesarrollo11deasrrollo10desarollo9desarorllo10desarrlolo10desarrolo9desarrolol10desrarollo10
Misspelling Variants of "desarrollo"

Frequency rank: #326 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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