después

/[d̪esˈpwes]/ adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#90

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

después is anSpanishadv. It means: Indica que tiene lugar atrás de otro u otra. Pronounced [d̪esˈpwes]. It ranks #90 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with desees and desagües.

Key facts for después
PropertyValue
Headworddespués
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[d̪esˈpwes]
Letters7
Frequency rank#90
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for después is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esˈpwes]. Corpus data places it at rank #90 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indica que tiene lugar atrás de otro u otra.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for después, with forms such as "ddespués", "depsués", and "desppués". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "desees", "desagües", 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 después, spelled D-E-S-P-U-É-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indica que tiene lugar atrás de otro u otra.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespués,depsués,desppués,despusé,despuéss,despéus,desspués,desupés,dsepués,edspués

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for después

Misspelling Variants of "después"

ddespués8depsués7desppués8despusé7despuéss8despéus7desspués8desupés7
Misspelling Variants of "después"

Frequency rank: #90 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "después"?
"después" is spelled D-E-S-P-U-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈpwes].
What does "después" mean?
As an adv, "después" means: Indica que tiene lugar atrás de otro u otra.
What words are commonly confused with "después"?
"después" is commonly confused with "desees", "desagües". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "después"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "después" is [d̪esˈpwes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "después" come from?
"después" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.