desde luego
[ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]
The verdict
“desde luego” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Por supuesto, obviamente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desde luego |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desde luego” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desde luego is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Por 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.
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Using “desde luego”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-D-E- -L-U-E-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪esð̞e ˈlweɣ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.