describe
[d̪esˈkɾiβ̞e]
The verdict
“describe” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,394
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de describir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-describe · describe · Spanish
describe · rank #3,394 · 13 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,394
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desayuno
Nearest frequency peer: desayuno (-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 “describe”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- damos
damos
96,610 corpus weight
- deportivo
deportivo
96,609 corpus weight
- desayuno
desayuno
96,608 corpus weight
- describe
describe
96,607 corpus weight
- diversidad
diversidad
96,606 corpus weight
- droga
droga
96,605 corpus weight
What this shows “describe” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | describe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esˈkɾiβ̞e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “describe”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around describe (IPA [d̪esˈkɾiβ̞e]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,394 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for describe, with forms such as "ddescribe", "decsribe", and "desccribe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "descrito", "descrita", "describo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is describe, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-B-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de describir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de describir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddescribe
- decsribe
- desccribe
- descirbe
- descrbie
- describbe
- descrieb
- descrive
- descrribe
- desrcibe
- desscribe
- dsecribe
- edscribe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of describe - 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.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "describe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).