descomposición
[d̪eskõmposiˈsjõn]
The verdict
“descomposición” has 23 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - División de algo en sus partes constituyentes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-descomposicion · descomposición · Spanish
descomposición · rank #14,573 · 23 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,573
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 23 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 90,663
- PHOTO-FINISH desapareciendo
Nearest frequency peer: desapareciendo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “descomposición”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Delicia
Delicia
85,431 corpus weight
- desagradabl…
desagradables
85,430 corpus weight
- desaparecie…
desapareciendo
85,429 corpus weight
- descomposic…
descomposición
85,428 corpus weight
- destruyeron
destruyeron
85,427 corpus weight
- devuelto
devuelto
85,425 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “descomposición” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descomposición |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪eskõmposiˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #14,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “descomposición” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around descomposición (IPA [d̪eskõmposiˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,573 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for descomposición, with forms such as "ddescomposición", "decsomposición", and "desccomposición". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is descomposición, spelled D-E-S-C-O-M-P-O-S-I-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1División de algo en sus partes constituyentes.
- 2Desorden o desconcierto provocado en alguna situación.
- 3Pérdida de la salud o el equilibrio del ánimo y el cuerpo.
- 4Por antonomasia, putrefacción.
- 5División de una matriz en sus partes.
- 6lisis, por ejemplo acetólisis
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddescomposición
- decsomposición
- desccomposición
- descmoposición
- descommposición
- descomopsición
- descompocición
- descompoisción
- descomposciión
- descomposicción
- descomposicinó
- descomposiciónn
- descomposicóin
- descomposiicón
- descomposisión
- descompossición
- descompposición
- descompsoición
- descopmosición
- desocmposición
- desscomposición
- dsecomposición
- edscomposición
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of descomposición - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "descomposición", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).
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.