destacado

/[d̪est̪aˈkað̞o]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,236

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

destacado is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de destacar. Pronounced [d̪est̪aˈkað̞o]. It ranks #4,236 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with destaco and destacar.

Key facts for destacado
PropertyValue
Headworddestacado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪est̪aˈkað̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,236
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for destacado is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪est̪aˈkað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,236 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de destacar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for destacado, with forms such as "ddestacado", "desatcado", and "desstacado". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "destaco", "destacar", "destacan", 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 destacado, spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de destacar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddestacado,desatcado,desstacado,destaacdo,destacaddo,destacaod,destaccado,destacdao,destcaado,desttacado,detsacado,dsetacado,edstacado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for destacado

Misspelling Variants of "destacado"

ddestacado10desatcado9desstacado10destaacdo9destacaddo10destacaod9destaccado10destacdao9
Misspelling Variants of "destacado"

Frequency rank: #4,236 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "destacado"?
"destacado" is spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪est̪aˈkað̞o].
What does "destacado" mean?
As a verb, "destacado" means: Participio de destacar.
What words are commonly confused with "destacado"?
"destacado" is commonly confused with "destaco", "destacar", "destacan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destacado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destacado" is [d̪est̪aˈkað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destacado" come from?
"destacado" 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.