descarga

Name: descarga, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞a]

/[d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“descarga” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,001
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,885
“D” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de descargar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-descarga · descarga · Spanish

descarga · rank #4,001 · 12 variants · 16 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,001
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 4,885
PHOTO-FINISH desaparecer

Nearest frequency peer: desaparecer (-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.

deberán

96,002
desaparecer

96,001
descarga

96,000
dibujos

95,999
empezamos

95,998
específicam…

95,997

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

descarga vs descaro

75% similar

descarga vs desearía

75% similar

descarga vs descargo

88% similar

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

Key facts for descarga
Property	Value
Headword	descarga
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞a]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#4,001
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	16
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “descarga”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.descargacae aquí:

#4,001

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “desaparecer” (#4,000), “dibujos” (#4,002), “deberán” (#3,999). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “descarga” va en #4,001. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around descarga (IPA [d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,001 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for descarga, with forms such as "ddescarga", "decsarga", and "desacrga". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "descaro", "desearía", "descargo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is descarga, spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-G-A.

Definition

1
Acción o efecto de descargar.
2
Algún tipo de datos o información copiada desde un servidor, a través de internet, al ordenador personal de uno mismo.
3
Disparo o disparos de un arma de fuego.
4
Liberación de corriente eléctrica durante un breve espacio de tiempo.

This word in other languages

unloading(English)décharge(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddescarga
decsarga
desacrga
descagra
descarag
descargga
descarrga
desccarga
descraga
desscarga
dsecarga
edscarga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descarga - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "descarga"

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 "descarga"?

"descarga" is spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞a].

What does "descarga" mean?

As a noun, "descarga" means: Acción o efecto de descargar.

What words are commonly confused with "descarga"?

"descarga" is commonly confused with "descaro", "desearía", "descargo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "descarga"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descarga" is [d̪esˈkaɾɣ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "descarga" come from?

"descarga" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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