despojo

/[d̪esˈpoxo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,864

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

despojo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de despojar. Pronounced [d̪esˈpoxo]. Often confused with déspota and despojos.

Key facts for despojo
PropertyValue
Headworddespojo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esˈpoxo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,864
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for despojo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esˈpoxo]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,864 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for despojo, with forms such as "ddespojo", "depsojo", and "desopjo". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "déspota", "despojos", "despido", 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 despojo, spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de despojar.
  2. 2
    Presa, botín del vencedor.
  3. 3
    Vientre, asadura, cabeza y manos de las reses que se matan para el abasto público.
  4. 4
    Alones, molleja, patas, pescuezo y cabeza de las aves muertas.
  5. 5
    Lo que se ha perdido por el tiempo, por la muerte u otros accidentes.
  6. 6
    Extracción de los minerales de una vena o filón.
  7. 7
    Espolio.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespojo,depsojo,desopjo,despjoo,despojjo,despooj,desppojo,desspojo,dsepojo,edspojo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despojo

Misspelling Variants of "despojo"

ddespojo8depsojo7desopjo7despjoo7despojjo8despooj7desppojo8desspojo8
Misspelling Variants of "despojo"

Frequency rank: #30,864 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despojo"?
"despojo" is spelled D-E-S-P-O-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈpoxo].
What does "despojo" mean?
As a noun, "despojo" means: Acción o efecto de despojar.
What words are commonly confused with "despojo"?
"despojo" is commonly confused with "déspota", "despojos", "despido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despojo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despojo" is [d̪esˈpoxo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despojo" come from?
"despojo" 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.