despertada

[d̪espeɾˈt̪að̞a]

/[d̪espeɾˈt̪að̞a]/ participle

The verdict

“despertada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,682 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,682
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de despertado, participio de despertar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-despertada · despertada · Spanish

despertada · rank #85,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,682
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH desperdiciados

Nearest frequency peer: desperdiciados (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “despertada”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despertada” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for despertada
PropertyValue
Headworddespertada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[d̪espeɾˈt̪að̞a]
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,682
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “despertada” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).despertadacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “desperdiciados” (#85,681), “desplegaba” (#85,683), “despejarse” (#85,680). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “despertada” va en #85,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

despertada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,682 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [d̪espeɾˈt̪að̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de despertado, participio de despertar.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for despertada, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 despertada, spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-T-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de despertado, participio de despertar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despertada"?
"despertada" is spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-T-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪espeɾˈt̪að̞a].
What does "despertada" mean?
As a participle, "despertada" means: Forma del femenino de despertado, participio de despertar.
How do you pronounce "despertada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despertada" is [d̪espeɾˈt̪að̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "despertada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list