descanso

[d̪esˈkãnso]

/[d̪esˈkãnso]/ noun

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The verdict

“descanso” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,876
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Momento, circunstancia o estado en que se deja de trabajar o de sentir cansancio, fatiga o tensión.

Corpus desk

Index ES-descanso · descanso · Spanish

descanso · rank #2,876 · 12 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,876
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH cursos

Nearest frequency peer: cursos (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “descanso”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “descanso” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

descanso vs descaro
75% similar
descanso vs descenso
88% similar
descanso vs deseando
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for descanso
PropertyValue
Headworddescanso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esˈkãnso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,876
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “descanso”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).descansocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cursos” (#2,875), “distinto” (#2,877), “cura” (#2,874). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “descanso” va en #2,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around descanso (IPA [d̪esˈkãnso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,876 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for descanso, with forms such as "ddescanso", "decsanso", and "desacnso". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "descaro", "descenso", "deseando", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is descanso, spelled D-E-S-C-A-N-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Momento, circunstancia o estado en que se deja de trabajar o de sentir cansancio, fatiga o tensión.
  2. 2
    Situación, posición, circunstancia, acto o factor que permite aliviar el cansancio o la fatiga, tanto física como anímica.
  3. 3
    Área plana y amplia (meseta) de las escaleras, que marca la separación entre dos tramos de escalones.
  4. 4
    Pausa durante la cual se interrumpe la representación de un espectáculo.
  5. 5
    Posición del militar con el fusil apoyado en el suelo y las piernas ligeramente separadas.
  6. 6
    Mueble, banco o asiento que sirve para apoyar, asegurar o dar firmeza a algo. Aquello sobre lo que un objeto descansa o se asienta.

Synonyms

descansillorellanointermedio

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddescanso
  • decsanso
  • desacnso
  • descannso
  • descanos
  • descansso
  • descasno
  • desccanso
  • descnaso
  • desscanso
  • dsecanso
  • edscanso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descanso - 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.

ddescanso1decsanso2desacnso2descannso1descanos2descansso1descasno2desccanso1
Edit distance from "descanso"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descanso"?
"descanso" is spelled D-E-S-C-A-N-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈkãnso].
What does "descanso" mean?
As a noun, "descanso" means: Momento, circunstancia o estado en que se deja de trabajar o de sentir cansancio, fatiga o tensión.
What words are commonly confused with "descanso"?
"descanso" is commonly confused with "descaro", "descenso", "deseando". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descanso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descanso" is [d̪esˈkãnso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descanso" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "descanso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

distinto#2,877absoluta#2,855promover#2,899pudieron#2,900

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

visitas12 variantstestigos12 variantsdifusión12 variantsCristina12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list