desde luego

[ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]

/[ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]/ phrase

The verdict

“desde luego” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Por supuesto, obviamente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desde-luego · desde luego · Spanish

desde luego · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for desde luego
PropertyValue
Headworddesde luego
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desde luego” en español

desde luegono entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desde luego is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Por supuesto, obviamente.".

desde luego has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 desde luego, spelled D-E-S-D-E- -L-U-E-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Por supuesto, obviamente.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desde luego"?
"desde luego" is spelled D-E-S-D-E- -L-U-E-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o].
What does "desde luego" mean?
As a phrase, "desde luego" means: Por supuesto, obviamente.
How do you pronounce "desde luego"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desde luego" is [ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desde luego" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list