descifrado

/[d̪esiˈfɾað̞o]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,712

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

descifrado is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de descifrar. Pronounced [d̪esiˈfɾað̞o]. Often confused with descifrar and descarado.

Key facts for descifrado
PropertyValue
Headworddescifrado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esiˈfɾað̞o]
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,712
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for descifrado is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esiˈfɾað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,712 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de descifrar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for descifrado, with forms such as "ddescifrado", "decsifrado", and "desccifrado". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "descifrar", "descarado", 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 descifrado, spelled D-E-S-C-I-F-R-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
    Participio de descifrar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescifrado,decsifrado,desccifrado,descfirado,descifardo,desciffrado,descifraddo,descifraod,descifrdao,descifrrado,descirfado,desicfrado,desscifrado,dessifrado,dsecifrado,edscifrado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descifrado

Misspelling Variants of "descifrado"

ddescifrado11decsifrado10desccifrado11descfirado10descifardo10desciffrado11descifraddo11descifraod10
Misspelling Variants of "descifrado"

Frequency rank: #47,712 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descifrado"?
"descifrado" is spelled D-E-S-C-I-F-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esiˈfɾað̞o].
What does "descifrado" mean?
As a verb, "descifrado" means: Participio de descifrar.
What words are commonly confused with "descifrado"?
"descifrado" is commonly confused with "descifrar", "descarado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descifrado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descifrado" is [d̪esiˈfɾað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descifrado" come from?
"descifrado" 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.