descubrir

/[d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,652

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

descubrir is aSpanishverb. It means: Retirar una cubierta o tapa. Pronounced [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]. It ranks #2,652 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with descubro and descubrirá.

Key facts for descubrir
PropertyValue
Headworddescubrir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,652
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for descubrir is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,652 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for descubrir, with forms such as "ddescubrir", "decsubrir", and "descburir". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "descubro", "descubrirá", "descubrirás", and more, 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 descubrir, spelled D-E-S-C-U-B-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retirar una cubierta o tapa.
  2. 2
    Conocer algo desconocido o ignorado hasta ese momento.
  3. 3
    Hacer manifiesto, visible o patente.
  4. 4
    Lograr ver algo que antes no se veía o registraba.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescubrir,decsubrir,descburir,desccubrir,descubbrir,descubirr,descubrirr,descubrri,descubrrir,descurbir,descuvrir,desscubrir,desucbrir,dsecubrir,edscubrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descubrir

Misspelling Variants of "descubrir"

ddescubrir10decsubrir9descburir9desccubrir10descubbrir10descubirr9descubrirr10descubrri9
Misspelling Variants of "descubrir"

Frequency rank: #2,652 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descubrir"?
"descubrir" is spelled D-E-S-C-U-B-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ].
What does "descubrir" mean?
As a verb, "descubrir" means: Retirar una cubierta o tapa.
What words are commonly confused with "descubrir"?
"descubrir" is commonly confused with "descubro", "descubrirá", "descubrirás". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descubrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descubrir" is [d̪eskuˈβ̞ɾiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descubrir" come from?
"descubrir" 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.