destacar
[d̪est̪aˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“destacar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,479
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner de relieve, resaltar, llamar la atención.
Corpus desk
Index ES-destacar · destacar · Spanish
destacar · rank #3,479 · 12 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,479
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH descubre
Nearest frequency peer: descubre (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “destacar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dame
dame
96,526 corpus weight
- derrota
derrota
96,524 corpus weight
- descubre
descubre
96,523 corpus weight
- destacar
destacar
96,522 corpus weight
- dieta
dieta
96,521 corpus weight
- establecimi…
establecimiento
96,520 corpus weight
What this shows “destacar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destacar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪est̪aˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “destacar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around destacar (IPA [d̪est̪aˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,479 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for destacar, with forms such as "ddestacar", "desatcar", and "desstacar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "destaco", "destapa", "destinar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 destacar, spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner de relieve, resaltar, llamar la atención.
- 2Separar del cuerpo principal de la tropa algunos efectivos, para realizar una misión.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how destacar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Así, en septiembre de 2015 decidió fundar la ONG Proactiva Open Arms, financiada con 15 3 euros que Camps tenía ahorrados, y destacando un grupo de voluntarios en la isla, entre los que se encontraba Òscar, para colaborar en las labores de rescate.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddestacar
- desatcar
- desstacar
- destaacr
- destacarr
- destaccar
- destacra
- destcaar
- desttacar
- detsacar
- dsetacar
- edstacar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of destacar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).