destajo
[d̪esˈt̪axo]
The verdict
“destajo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,191 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,191
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trabajo que hace una paga determinada que se ha acordado o ajustado de antemano, no según el tiempo trabajado (por jornal o salario).
Corpus desk
Index ES-destajo · destajo · Spanish
destajo · rank #50,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,191
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH destilada
Nearest frequency peer: destilada (+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 “destajo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desmesurado
desmesurado
49,814 corpus weight
- desmienten
desmienten
49,813 corpus weight
- desmontando
desmontando
49,812 corpus weight
- destajo
destajo
49,810 corpus weight
- destilada
destilada
49,809 corpus weight
- desubicado
desubicado
49,808 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “destajo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destajo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪esˈt̪axo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “destajo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
destajo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,191 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪esˈt̪axo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for destajo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 destajo, spelled D-E-S-T-A-J-O.
Definition
- 1Trabajo que hace una paga determinada que se ha acordado o ajustado de antemano, no según el tiempo trabajado (por jornal o salario).
- 2Trabajo o empresa que alguien acomete por cuenta o iniciativa propias.
- 3Porción de un lugar o terreno, u objeto que marca dónde termina o empieza.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how destajo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Los métodos tales como el pago a destajo son a menudo impracticables debido a que el monitoreo es muy costoso o impreciso.
Synonyms
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).