deseaba
[d̪eseˈaβ̞a]
The verdict
“deseaba” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,940
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de desear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-deseaba · deseaba · Spanish
deseaba · rank #8,940 · 11 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,940
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desastres
Nearest frequency peer: desastres (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “deseaba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- denunciado
denunciado
91,063 corpus weight
- desastres
desastres
91,062 corpus weight
- deseaba
deseaba
91,061 corpus weight
- despacio
despacio
91,060 corpus weight
- doméstico
doméstico
91,058 corpus weight
- dramática
dramática
91,057 corpus weight
What this shows “deseaba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deseaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eseˈaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “deseaba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around deseaba (IPA [d̪eseˈaβ̞a]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,940 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for deseaba, with forms such as "ddeseaba", "deceaba", and "deesaba". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "desean", "desear", "deseado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is deseaba, spelled D-E-S-E-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de desear.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de desear.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeseaba
- deceaba
- deesaba
- desaeba
- deseaab
- deseabba
- deseava
- desebaa
- desseaba
- dseeaba
- edseaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deseaba - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deseaba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).