desembarco
[d̪esẽmˈbaɾko]
The verdict
“desembarco” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,831
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de desembarcar o de desembarcarse.
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 | desembarco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esẽmˈbaɾko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desembarco” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around desembarco (IPA [d̪esẽmˈbaɾko]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,831 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for desembarco, with forms such as "ddesembarco", "decembarco", and "deesmbarco". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "desembarcar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is desembarco, spelled D-E-S-E-M-B-A-R-C-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de desembarcar o de desembarcarse.
- 2Operación militar en la que descienden a una costa las tropas que han sido transportadas en una embarcación.
- 3Descanso o mesa que algunas escaleras presentan en la parte que precede la entrada a una habitación.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesembarco
- decembarco
- deesmbarco
- desebmarco
- desemabrco
- desembacro
- desembarcco
- desembaroc
- desembarrco
- desembbarco
- desembraco
- desemmbarco
- desemvarco
- desmebarco
- dessembarco
- dseembarco
- edsembarco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desembarco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “desembarco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-E-M-B-A-R-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esẽmˈbaɾko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “desembarcar” - see the side-by-side comparison. desembarco vs desembarcar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.