desempeñar
[d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾ]
The verdict
“desempeñar” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,582
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recuperar algo previamente empeñado (dejado como garantía de un préstamo), eliminando la deuda antes contraída.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desempenar · desempeñar · Spanish
desempeñar · rank #12,582 · 15 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,582
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 90,663
- PHOTO-FINISH detenida
Nearest frequency peer: detenida (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “desempeñar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- desconocidas
desconocidas
87,422 corpus weight
- desearía
desearía
87,421 corpus weight
- desempeñar
desempeñar
87,419 corpus weight
- detenida
detenida
87,418 corpus weight
- diferencial
diferencial
87,417 corpus weight
- dinastía
dinastía
87,416 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “desempeñar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | desempeñar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desempeñar” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around desempeñar (IPA [d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,582 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for desempeñar, with forms such as "ddesempeñar", "decempeñar", and "deesmpeñar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "desempeño", "desempeñarse", "desempeñaron", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desempeñar, spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-R.
Definition
- 1Recuperar algo previamente empeñado (dejado como garantía de un préstamo), eliminando la deuda antes contraída.
- 2Realizar una actividad u oficio.
- 3Liberar a alguien de una deuda anteriormente contraída.
- 4Liberar a alguien de una dificultad o lance en que se encontraba.
- 5Ejecutar un papel en una obra de representación, como el teatro, el cine, etc.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesempeñar
- decempeñar
- deesmpeñar
- desemepñar
- desemmpeñar
- desempeañr
- desempeñarr
- desempeñra
- desemppeñar
- desempñear
- desepmeñar
- desmepeñar
- dessempeñar
- dseempeñar
- edsempeñar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desempeñar - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desempeñar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.