desea

/[d̪eˈsea]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,653

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

desea is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desear. Pronounced [d̪eˈsea]. It ranks #2,653 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Deva and deseo.

Key facts for desea
PropertyValue
Headworddesea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eˈsea]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,653
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desea is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈsea]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,653 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 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 desea, with forms such as "ddesea", "decea", and "deesa". 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, "Deva", "deseo", "deuda", 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 desea, spelled D-E-S-E-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desear.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de desear.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesea,decea,deesa,desae,dessea,dseea,edsea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desea

Misspelling Variants of "desea"

ddesea6decea5deesa5desae5dessea6dseea5edsea5
Misspelling Variants of "desea"

Frequency rank: #2,653 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desea"?
"desea" is spelled D-E-S-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈsea].
What does "desea" mean?
As a verb, "desea" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desear.
What words are commonly confused with "desea"?
"desea" is commonly confused with "Deva", "deseo", "deuda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desea" is [d̪eˈsea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desea" come from?
"desea" 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.