despedían
[d̪espeˈð̞iãn]
The verdict
“despedían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,726 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,726
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de despedir o de despedirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despedian · despedían · Spanish
despedían · rank #87,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,726
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desobedientes
Nearest frequency peer: desobedientes (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “despedían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desmesurada…
desmesuradamente
12,278 corpus weight
- desmintieron
desmintieron
12,277 corpus weight
- desobedient…
desobedientes
12,276 corpus weight
- despedían
despedían
12,275 corpus weight
- despojan
despojan
12,274 corpus weight
- destornilla…
destornilladores
12,272 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despedían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despedían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espeˈð̞iãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “despedían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
despedían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,726 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪espeˈð̞iãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de despedir o de despedirse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for despedían, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is despedían, spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de despedir o de despedirse.
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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