desesperados

/[d̪esespeˈɾað̞os]/ participle

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,223

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

desesperados is aSpanishparticiple. It means: Forma del plural de desesperado, participio de desesperar. Pronounced [d̪esespeˈɾað̞os]. Often confused with desesperado and desesperada.

Key facts for desesperados
PropertyValue
Headworddesesperados
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[d̪esespeˈɾað̞os]
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,223
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of desesperados in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desesperados is 12 letters long, classified as aparticiple, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esespeˈɾað̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,223 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de desesperado, participio de desesperar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for desesperados, with forms such as "ddesesperados", "decesperados", and "deessperados". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "desesperado", "desesperada", "desesperadas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is desesperados, spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de desesperado, participio de desesperar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddesesperados,decesperados,deessperados,desepserados,deseseprados,desespeardos,desesperaddos,desesperadoss,desesperadso,desesperaods,desesperdaos,desesperrados,desespperados,desespreados,desessperados,desseperados,dessesperados,dseesperados,edsesperados

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for desesperados

Misspelling Variants of "desesperados"

ddesesperados13decesperados12deessperados12desepserados12deseseprados12desespeardos12desesperaddos13desesperadoss13
Misspelling Variants of "desesperados"

Frequency rank: #13,223 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desesperados"?
"desesperados" is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esespeˈɾað̞os].
What does "desesperados" mean?
As a participle, "desesperados" means: Forma del plural de desesperado, participio de desesperar.
What words are commonly confused with "desesperados"?
"desesperados" is commonly confused with "desesperado", "desesperada", "desesperadas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desesperados"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desesperados" is [d̪esespeˈɾað̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desesperados" come from?
"desesperados" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.