descabellado

/[d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝað̞o]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,607

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

descabellado is anSpanishadj. It means: Absurdo y rebuscado, traído por los pelos. Pronounced [d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝað̞o]. Often confused with descabellada.

Key facts for descabellado
PropertyValue
Headworddescabellado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝað̞o]
Letters12
Frequency rank#32,607
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for descabellado is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,607 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Absurdo y rebuscado, traído por los pelos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for descabellado, with forms such as "ddescabellado", "decsabellado", and "desacbellado". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "descabellada", 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 descabellado, spelled D-E-S-C-A-B-E-L-L-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Absurdo y rebuscado, traído por los pelos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescabellado,decsabellado,desacbellado,descabbellado,descabelado,descabelaldo,descabelladdo,descabellaod,descabelldao,descablelado,descaebllado,descavellado,descbaellado,desccabellado,desscabellado,dsecabellado,edscabellado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descabellado

Misspelling Variants of "descabellado"

ddescabellado13decsabellado12desacbellado12descabbellado13descabelado11descabelaldo12descabelladdo13descabellaod12
Misspelling Variants of "descabellado"

Frequency rank: #32,607 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descabellado"?
"descabellado" is spelled D-E-S-C-A-B-E-L-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝað̞o].
What does "descabellado" mean?
As an adj, "descabellado" means: Absurdo y rebuscado, traído por los pelos.
What words are commonly confused with "descabellado"?
"descabellado" is commonly confused with "descabellada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descabellado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descabellado" is [d̪eskaβ̞eˈʝað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descabellado" come from?
"descabellado" 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.