despedida

/[d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a]/ participle

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,169

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

despedida is aSpanishparticiple. It means: Forma del femenino de despedido, participio de despedir. Pronounced [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a]. It ranks #6,169 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with despedir and despedido.

Key facts for despedida
PropertyValue
Headworddespedida
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,169
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for despedida is 9 letters long, classified as aparticiple, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,169 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de despedido, participio de despedir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for despedida, with forms such as "ddespedida", "depsedida", and "desepdida". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "despedir", "despedido", "despejada", 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 despedida, spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-I-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de despedido, participio de despedir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespedida,depsedida,desepdida,despdeida,despeddia,despeddida,despediad,despedidda,despeidda,desppedida,desspedida,dsepedida,edspedida

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despedida

Misspelling Variants of "despedida"

ddespedida10depsedida9desepdida9despdeida9despeddia9despeddida10despediad9despedidda10
Misspelling Variants of "despedida"

Frequency rank: #6,169 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despedida"?
"despedida" is spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-I-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a].
What does "despedida" mean?
As a participle, "despedida" means: Forma del femenino de despedido, participio de despedir.
What words are commonly confused with "despedida"?
"despedida" is commonly confused with "despedir", "despedido", "despejada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despedida"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despedida" is [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despedida" come from?
"despedida" 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.