design

/dɪˈzaɪn/

//dɪˈzaɪn// noun

The verdict

“design” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,813
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Una especificación de un objeto o proceso, que se refiere a los requisitos que deben satisfacerse y, por tanto, a las condiciones que deben cumplirse para resolver un problema.

Corpus desk

Index ES-design · design · Spanish

design · rank #16,813 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,813
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH desilusión

Nearest frequency peer: desilusión (+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 “design”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “design” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

design vs desván
67% similar
design vs desire
67% similar
design vs designa
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for design
PropertyValue
Headworddesign
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɪˈzaɪn/
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,813
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “design”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).designcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “desilusión” (#16,814), “despejar” (#16,815), “detecta” (#16,816). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “design” va en #16,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around design (IPA /dɪˈzaɪn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,813 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for design, with forms such as "ddesign", "decign", and "deisgn". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "desván", "desire", "designa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is design, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Una especificación de un objeto o proceso, que se refiere a los requisitos que deben satisfacerse y, por tanto, a las condiciones que deben cumplirse para resolver un problema.
  2. 2
    Un plan (con más o menos detalle) para la estructura y funciones de un artefacto, edificio o sistema.
  3. 3
    Un patrón, como elemento de una obra de arte o arquitectura.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how design appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.
  2. We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddesign
  • decign
  • deisgn
  • desgin
  • desiggn
  • designn
  • desing
  • dessign
  • dseign
  • edsign

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of design - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddesign1decign1deisgn2desgin2desiggn1designn1desing2dessign1
Edit distance from "design"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "design"?
"design" is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪˈzaɪn/.
What does "design" mean?
As a noun, "design" means: Una especificación de un objeto o proceso, que se refiere a los requisitos que deben satisfacerse y, por tanto, a las condiciones que deben cumplirse para resolver un problema.
What words are commonly confused with "design"?
"design" is commonly confused with "desván", "desire", "designa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "design"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "design" is /dɪˈzaɪn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "design" come from?
"design" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "design", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list