despedida
[d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a]
The verdict
“despedida” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,169 in Spanish word frequency and used as a participle.
- #6,169
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de despedido, participio de despedir.
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 | despedida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “despedida” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for despedida is 9 letters long, classified as a participle, 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 generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for despedida, with forms such as "ddespedida", "depsedida", and "desepdida". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "despedir", "despedido", "despejada", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is despedida, spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Forma 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despedida - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “despedida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-P-E-D-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “despedir” - see the side-by-side comparison. despedida vs despedir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.