despedir
[d̪espeˈð̞iɾ]
The verdict
“despedir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,313
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acompañar o decir adiós a alguien que se marcha.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despedir · despedir · Spanish
despedir · rank #10,313 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,313
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desayunar
Nearest frequency peer: desayunar (-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 “despedir”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- delicada
delicada
89,691 corpus weight
- dependientes
dependientes
89,690 corpus weight
- desayunar
desayunar
89,689 corpus weight
- despedir
despedir
89,688 corpus weight
- devolución
devolución
89,687 corpus weight
- die
die
89,686 corpus weight
What this shows “despedir” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | despedir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espeˈð̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “despedir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around despedir (IPA [d̪espeˈð̞iɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,313 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for despedir, with forms such as "ddespedir", "depsedir", and "desepdir". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "despidió", "despegar", "despejar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is despedir, spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Acompañar o decir adiós a alguien que se marcha.
- 2Prescindir del servicio de un empleado haciendo que se marche de su puesto de trabajo.
- 3Lanzar o arrojar algo.
- 4Hacer que algo se disperse o llegue a otros sitios desde el lugar o fuente en que se produce.
- 5Alejar a alguien que resulta molesto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how despedir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El basurero despide un olor nauseabundo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddespedir
- depsedir
- desepdir
- despdeir
- despeddir
- despedirr
- despedri
- despeidr
- desppedir
- desspedir
- dsepedir
- edspedir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despedir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "despedir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).