desempeñe
[d̪esẽmˈpeɲe]
The verdict
“desempeñe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,656 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,656
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de desempeñar o de desempeñarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desempeñe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esẽmˈpeɲe] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desempeñe” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
desempeñe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,656 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esẽmˈpeɲe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for desempeñe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is desempeñe, spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-E-Ñ-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de desempeñar o de desempeñarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de desempeñar o de desempeñarse.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de desempeñar o del imperativo negativo de desempeñarse.
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 “desempeñe”
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-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.