despacho

/[d̪esˈpat͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,072

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

despacho is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de despachar o de despacharse. Pronounced [d̪esˈpat͡ʃo]. It ranks #4,072 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with destaco and despacio.

Key facts for despacho
PropertyValue
Headworddespacho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esˈpat͡ʃo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,072
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for despacho is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esˈpat͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,072 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for despacho, with forms such as "ddespacho", "depsacho", and "desapcho". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "destaco", "despacio", "despecho", and more, 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 despacho, spelled D-E-S-P-A-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de despachar o de despacharse.
  2. 2
    Habitación de una vivienda u establecimiento destinada a la gestión de negocios o al estudio.
  3. 3
    Mobiliario y enseres de un despacho₂.
  4. 4
    Parte de un establecimiento fabril, artesanal o comercial destinado a la venta y entrega de mercancías.
  5. 5
    Comunicación escrita oficial entre un gobierno y sus diplomáticos, o entre un mando militar y los oficiales en el campo.
  6. 6
    En particular, despacho₅ que notifica de un nombramiento o comisión a su destinatario.
  7. 7
    Más generalmente, cualquier comunicación enviada por medios eléctricos o electrónicos, como un telegrama o teletipo.
  8. 8
    Ensanche de las galerías de una mina junto al pozo principal.
  9. 9
    Tienda dedicada a la venta al por menor de provisiones y vituallas, en general no perecederas.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespacho,depsacho,desapcho,despaccho,despachho,despacoh,despahco,despcaho,desppacho,desspacho,dsepacho,edspacho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despacho

Misspelling Variants of "despacho"

ddespacho9depsacho8desapcho8despaccho9despachho9despacoh8despahco8despcaho8
Misspelling Variants of "despacho"

Frequency rank: #4,072 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despacho"?
"despacho" is spelled D-E-S-P-A-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈpat͡ʃo].
What does "despacho" mean?
As a noun, "despacho" means: Acción o efecto de despachar o de despacharse.
What words are commonly confused with "despacho"?
"despacho" is commonly confused with "destaco", "despacio", "despecho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despacho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despacho" is [d̪esˈpat͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despacho" come from?
"despacho" 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.