desfalco
[d̪esˈfalko]
The verdict
“desfalco” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,692
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malversación, robo de algo que es la propiedad de otros, pero que se tenía en custodia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desfalco · desfalco · Spanish
desfalco · rank #39,692 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,692
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desenvuelve
Nearest frequency peer: desenvuelve (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “desfalco”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- desconectada
desconectada
60,311 corpus weight
- desenvuelve
desenvuelve
60,310 corpus weight
- desfalco
desfalco
60,309 corpus weight
- deslealtad
deslealtad
60,308 corpus weight
- desocupados
desocupados
60,307 corpus weight
- desperdicia
desperdicia
60,306 corpus weight
What this shows “desfalco” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | desfalco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esˈfalko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “desfalco”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around desfalco (IPA [d̪esˈfalko]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,692 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for desfalco, with forms such as "ddesfalco", "defsalco", and "desaflco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "destaco", "descalzo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 desfalco, spelled D-E-S-F-A-L-C-O.
Definition
- 1Malversación, robo de algo que es la propiedad de otros, pero que se tenía en custodia.
- 2Delito que se consiste en apropiación ilícita de los bienes o dinero que pertenecen a la hacienda pública, por la persona que los tenía bajo su custodia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desfalco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El diputado del Mir, Hugo Carvajal Donoso, informó que el "desfalco" se produjo entre 1987 - 1989 causando graves daños económicos a las Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesfalco
- defsalco
- desaflco
- desfaclo
- desfalcco
- desfallco
- desfaloc
- desffalco
- desflaco
- dessfalco
- dsefalco
- edsfalco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desfalco - 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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Same letter count
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