despilfarro
[d̪espilˈfaro]
The verdict
“despilfarro” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #24,472 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,472
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abundante gasto de dinero u otros bienes que no lleva a adquirir nada verdaderamente útil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despilfarro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪espilˈfaro] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #24,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “despilfarro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for despilfarro is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪espilˈfaro]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,472 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 generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for despilfarro, with forms such as "ddespilfarro", "depsilfarro", and "desiplfarro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is despilfarro, spelled D-E-S-P-I-L-F-A-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1Abundante gasto de dinero u otros bienes que no lleva a adquirir nada verdaderamente útil.
- 2Daño que sufren las ropas u otros objetos a causa de dejadez y falta de cuidado o aseo.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddespilfarro,depsilfarro,desiplfarro,despiflarro,despilafrro,despilfaro,despilfaror,despilffarro,despilfraro,despillfarro,desplifarro,desppilfarro,desspilfarro,dsepilfarro,edspilfarro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of despilfarro - 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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Using “despilfarro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-P-I-L-F-A-R-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪espilˈfaro] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.