despido
[d̪esˈpið̞o]
The verdict
“despido” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,294
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de despedir o despedirse; saludo que se intercambia entre dos o más personas cuando se separan
Corpus desk
Index ES-despido · despido · Spanish
despido · rank #7,294 · 10 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,294
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH designado
Nearest frequency peer: designado (-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 “despido”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- delincuente
delincuente
92,710 corpus weight
- demasiadas
demasiadas
92,709 corpus weight
- designado
designado
92,708 corpus weight
- despido
despido
92,707 corpus weight
- destinada
destinada
92,706 corpus weight
- dj
dj
92,705 corpus weight
What this shows “despido” 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 | despido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esˈpið̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “despido”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around despido (IPA [d̪esˈpið̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,294 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for despido, with forms such as "ddespido", "depsido", and "desipdo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "desvío", "destino", "despojo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is despido, spelled D-E-S-P-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de despedir o despedirse; saludo que se intercambia entre dos o más personas cuando se separan
- 2Destitución o expulsión de una persona de su trabajo por parte de su empleador
- 3Indemnización que percibe el trabajador cesado en forma definitiva
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how despido appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Numerosos son también los casos de internas y empleadas que cuidan de personas mayores enfermas de coronavirus sin que se les provea de ninguna protección, o los de empleadas que al confinarse con la familia para la que trabajan han visto ampliada su jornada laboral cobrando lo mismo. Por no hablar de los despidos, sin ningún tipo de indemnización.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddespido
- depsido
- desipdo
- despdio
- despiddo
- despiod
- desppido
- desspido
- dsepido
- edspido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despido - 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 "despido", 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).