despierta

/[d̪esˈpjeɾt̪a]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,074

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

despierta is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despertar o de despertarse. Pronounced [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪a]. It ranks #4,074 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with despierto and despierte.

Key facts for despierta
PropertyValue
Headworddespierta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esˈpjeɾt̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,074
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for despierta is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,074 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for despierta, with forms such as "ddespierta", "depsierta", and "desiperta". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "despierto", "despierte", "despiertan", 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 despierta, spelled D-E-S-P-I-E-R-T-A, 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 singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despertar o de despertarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de despertar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespierta,depsierta,desiperta,despeirta,despierat,despierrta,despiertta,despietra,despireta,desppierta,desspierta,dsepierta,edspierta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despierta

Misspelling Variants of "despierta"

ddespierta10depsierta9desiperta9despeirta9despierat9despierrta10despiertta10despietra9
Misspelling Variants of "despierta"

Frequency rank: #4,074 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despierta"?
"despierta" is spelled D-E-S-P-I-E-R-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪a].
What does "despierta" mean?
As a verb, "despierta" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despertar o de despertarse.
What words are commonly confused with "despierta"?
"despierta" is commonly confused with "despierto", "despierte", "despiertan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despierta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despierta" is [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despierta" come from?
"despierta" 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.