describen
[d̪esˈkɾiβ̞ẽn]
The verdict
“describen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,972
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de describir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-describen · describen · Spanish
describen · rank #9,972 · 15 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,972
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH derivado
Nearest frequency peer: derivado (-2 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 “describen”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- della
della
90,033 corpus weight
- democráticas
democráticas
90,032 corpus weight
- derivado
derivado
90,031 corpus weight
- describen
describen
90,029 corpus weight
- detallado
detallado
90,027 corpus weight
- detective
detective
90,026 corpus weight
What this shows “describen” 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 | describen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esˈkɾiβ̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “describen”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around describen (IPA [d̪esˈkɾiβ̞ẽn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,972 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de describir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for describen, with forms such as "ddescriben", "decsriben", and "desccriben". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "describo", "describir", "describió", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is describen, spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de describir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddescriben
- decsriben
- desccriben
- descirben
- descrbien
- describben
- describenn
- describne
- descriebn
- descriven
- descrriben
- desrciben
- desscriben
- dsecriben
- edscriben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of describen - 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 "describen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).