desees
[d̪eˈsees]
The verdict
“desees” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,697 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #19,697
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de desear.
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 | desees |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪eˈsees] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desees” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desees is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈsees]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,697 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de desear.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for desees, with forms such as "ddesees", "decees", and "deeses". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "deseo", "deseos", "desert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is desees, spelled D-E-S-E-E-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de desear.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesees,decees,deeses,deseess,deses,desese,dessees,dseees,edsees
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desees - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "desees"?
What does "desees" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "desees"?
How do you pronounce "desees"?
What language does "desees" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “desees”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-E-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪eˈsees] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “deseo” - see the side-by-side comparison. desees vs deseo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.