despoja
[d̪esˈpoxa]
The verdict
“despoja” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,497 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,497
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despojar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-despoja · despoja · Spanish
despoja · rank #53,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,497
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH despejando
Nearest frequency peer: despejando (-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 “despoja”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- despedía
despedía
46,507 corpus weight
- despegado
despegado
46,506 corpus weight
- despejando
despejando
46,505 corpus weight
- despoja
despoja
46,504 corpus weight
- destapado
destapado
46,502 corpus weight
- deterioradas
deterioradas
46,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despoja” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | despoja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esˈpoxa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “despoja” en español
Rare enough to double-check
despoja is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,497 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esˈpoxa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for despoja, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 despoja, spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despojar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de despojar.
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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