despojan

[d̪esˈpoxãn]

/[d̪esˈpoxãn]/ verb

The verdict

“despojan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,727 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,727
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despojar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-despojan · despojan · Spanish

despojan · rank #87,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,727
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH despedían

Nearest frequency peer: despedían (-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 “despojan”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “despojan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for despojan
PropertyValue
Headworddespojan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esˈpoxãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “despojan” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).despojancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “despedían” (#87,726), “desobedientes” (#87,725), “destornilladores” (#87,729). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “despojan” va en #87,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

despojan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,727 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esˈpoxãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despojar.".

despojan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. The correct Spanish form is despojan, spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despojan"?
"despojan" is spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈpoxãn].
What does "despojan" mean?
As a verb, "despojan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de despojar.
How do you pronounce "despojan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despojan" is [d̪esˈpoxãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despojan" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "despojan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list