desear
[d̪eseˈaɾ]
The verdict
“desear” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,138
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Querer una cosa con mucho anhelo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desear · desear · Spanish
desear · rank #7,138 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,138
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH descrito
Nearest frequency peer: descrito (-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 “desear”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- defienden
defienden
92,866 corpus weight
- demasiados
demasiados
92,865 corpus weight
- descrito
descrito
92,864 corpus weight
- desear
desear
92,863 corpus weight
- desesperaci…
desesperación
92,862 corpus weight
- designación
designación
92,861 corpus weight
What this shows “desear” 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 | desear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eseˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “desear”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around desear (IPA [d̪eseˈaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,138 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for desear, with forms such as "ddesear", "decear", and "deesar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "deseo", "deseos", "deseen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is desear, spelled D-E-S-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Querer una cosa con mucho anhelo.
- 2Sentir atracción sexual por alguien.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesear
- decear
- deesar
- desaer
- desearr
- desera
- dessear
- dseear
- edsear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desear - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "desear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).