desempeñarse
[d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾse]
The verdict
“desempeñarse” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #37,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,026
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Realizar las tareas encomendadas o las que corresponden al cargo o función.
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 | desempeñarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾse] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #37,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desempeñarse” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around desempeñarse (IPA [d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,026 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Realizar las tareas encomendadas o las que corresponden al cargo o función.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for desempeñarse, with forms such as "ddesempeñarse", "decempeñarce", and "deesmpeñarse". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "desempeñar", "desempeñaron", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is desempeñarse, spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Realizar las tareas encomendadas o las que corresponden al cargo o función.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesempeñarse
- decempeñarce
- deesmpeñarse
- desemepñarse
- desemmpeñarse
- desempeañrse
- desempeñares
- desempeñarrse
- desempeñarsse
- desempeñasre
- desempeñrase
- desemppeñarse
- desempñearse
- desepmeñarse
- desmepeñarse
- dessempeñarse
- dseempeñarse
- edsempeñarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desempeñarse - 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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Using “desempeñarse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esẽmpeˈɲaɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “desempeñar” - see the side-by-side comparison. desempeñarse vs desempeñar
- 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.