desde

/[ˈd̪esð̞e]/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#61

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

desde is aSpanishprep. It means: Preposición que indica el origen o inicio de una actividad, tanto en sentido locativo, como cronológico. Pronounced [ˈd̪esð̞e]. It ranks #61 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dude and donde.

Key facts for desde
PropertyValue
Headworddesde
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈd̪esð̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desde is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪esð̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #61 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for desde, with forms such as "ddesde", "dedse", and "desdde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dude", "donde", "deseo", 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 desde, spelled D-E-S-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Preposición que indica el origen o inicio de una actividad, tanto en sentido locativo, como cronológico.
  2. 2
    Indica el lugar en donde se comunica, ve, oye o percibe.
  3. 3
    Indica posterioridad.
  4. 4
    Indica el punto de vista o enfoque como se trata o valora un asunto.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesde,dedse,desdde,desed,dessde,dsede,edsde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desde

Misspelling Variants of "desde"

ddesde6dedse5desdde6desed5dessde6dsede5edsde5
Misspelling Variants of "desde"

Frequency rank: #61 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desde"?
"desde" is spelled D-E-S-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪esð̞e].
What does "desde" mean?
As a prep, "desde" means: Preposición que indica el origen o inicio de una actividad, tanto en sentido locativo, como cronológico.
What words are commonly confused with "desde"?
"desde" is commonly confused with "dude", "donde", "deseo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desde" is [ˈd̪esð̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desde" come from?
"desde" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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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.