despejar
[d̪espeˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“despejar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,815 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #16,815
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dejar un lugar vacío, retirar o suprimir obstáculos, problemas o amenazas.
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 | despejar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪espeˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “despejar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for despejar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪espeˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,815 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dejar un lugar vacío, retirar o suprimir obstáculos, problemas o amenazas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for despejar, with forms such as "ddespejar", "depsejar", and "desepjar". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "despeje", "desvelar", "despojar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is despejar, spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dejar un lugar vacío, retirar o suprimir obstáculos, problemas o amenazas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddespejar,depsejar,desepjar,despeajr,despejarr,despejjar,despejra,despjear,desppejar,desspejar,dsepejar,edspejar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despejar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “despejar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-P-E-J-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪espeˈxaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “despeje” - see the side-by-side comparison. despejar vs despeje
- 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.