despeje
[d̪esˈpexe]
The verdict
“despeje” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,248
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de despejar o despejarse (desocupar, abrir espacio).
Corpus desk
Index ES-despeje · despeje · Spanish
despeje · rank #40,248 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,248
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH deslizarse
Nearest frequency peer: deslizarse (-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 “despeje”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- desfiladero
desfiladero
59,756 corpus weight
- desinfectan…
desinfectante
59,755 corpus weight
- deslizarse
deslizarse
59,754 corpus weight
- despeje
despeje
59,753 corpus weight
- destornilla…
destornillador
59,752 corpus weight
- determinarán
determinarán
59,751 corpus weight
What this shows “despeje” 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 | despeje |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esˈpexe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “despeje”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around despeje (IPA [d̪esˈpexe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,248 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for despeje, with forms such as "ddespeje", "depseje", and "desepje". 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, "despide", "despojo", "desperté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 despeje, spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-E.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de despejar o despejarse (desocupar, abrir espacio).
- 2Acción o efecto de despejar la pelota.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how despeje appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esto puede indicar una mayor área de despeje en la región por parte del hombre, debido al incremento de la actividad agrícola.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddespeje
- depseje
- desepje
- despeej
- despejje
- despjee
- desppeje
- desspeje
- dsepeje
- edspeje
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despeje - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "despeje", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).