despidan

/[d̪esˈpið̞ãn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,640

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

despidan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de despedir o de despedirse. Pronounced [d̪esˈpið̞ãn]. Often confused with despido and despide.

Key facts for despidan
PropertyValue
Headworddespidan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esˈpið̞ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,640
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of despidan in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for despidan is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esˈpið̞ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,640 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for despidan, with forms such as "ddespidan", "depsidan", and "desipdan". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "despido", "despide", "desvían", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is despidan, spelled D-E-S-P-I-D-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de despedir o de despedirse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de despedir o del imperativo negativo de despedirse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespidan,depsidan,desipdan,despdian,despiadn,despidann,despiddan,despidna,desppidan,desspidan,dsepidan,edspidan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despidan

Misspelling Variants of "despidan"

ddespidan9depsidan8desipdan8despdian8despiadn8despidann9despiddan9despidna8
Misspelling Variants of "despidan"

Frequency rank: #38,640 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despidan"?
"despidan" is spelled D-E-S-P-I-D-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈpið̞ãn].
What does "despidan" mean?
As a verb, "despidan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de despedir o de despedirse.
What words are commonly confused with "despidan"?
"despidan" is commonly confused with "despido", "despide", "desvían". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despidan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despidan" is [d̪esˈpið̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despidan" come from?
"despidan" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.