despego
[d̪esˈpeɣ̞o]
The verdict
“despego” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,905 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,905
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Falta, carencia o pérdida de afición, apego, afecto, deseo, apasionamiento o interés. Distancia, alejamiento, desvío emocional respecto a algo. Actitud neutral ante algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despego · despego · Spanish
despego · rank #81,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,905
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH desmontan
Nearest frequency peer: desmontan (-2 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 “despego”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desmantelar…
desmantelaron
18,100 corpus weight
- desmembrar
desmembrar
18,099 corpus weight
- desmontan
desmontan
18,098 corpus weight
- despego
despego
18,096 corpus weight
- destination
destination
18,094 corpus weight
- deuce
deuce
18,093 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despego” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despego |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esˈpeɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “despego” en español
Rare enough to double-check
despego is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,905 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪esˈpeɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Falta, carencia o pérdida de afición, apego, afecto, deseo, apasionamiento o interés. Distancia, alejamiento, desvío emocional respecto a algo. Actitud neutral ante algo.".
despego doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is despego, spelled D-E-S-P-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1Falta, carencia o pérdida de afición, apego, afecto, deseo, apasionamiento o interés. Distancia, alejamiento, desvío emocional respecto a algo. Actitud neutral ante algo.
Synonyms
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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