destino

/[d̪esˈt̪ino]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,109

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

destino is aSpanishnoun. It means: Situación a la que supuestamente se llega de forma inevitable, impulsado por una fuerza desconocida e irresistible. Pronounced [d̪esˈt̪ino]. It ranks #1,109 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with desvío and destiny.

Key facts for destino
PropertyValue
Headworddestino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪esˈt̪ino]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,109
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for destino is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esˈt̪ino]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,109 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 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 destino, with forms such as "ddestino", "desitno", and "desstino". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "desvío", "destiny", "distinto", 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 destino, spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situación a la que supuestamente se llega de forma inevitable, impulsado por una fuerza desconocida e irresistible.
  2. 2
    Lugar al que se dirige algo o alguien.
  3. 3
    Empleo que se le da a un objeto.
  4. 4
    En relaciones laborales, ubicación o puesto en el que se emplea al trabajador.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddestino,desitno,desstino,destinno,destion,destnio,desttino,detsino,dsetino,edstino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for destino

Misspelling Variants of "destino"

ddestino8desitno7desstino8destinno8destion7destnio7desttino8detsino7
Misspelling Variants of "destino"

Frequency rank: #1,109 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "destino"?
"destino" is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esˈt̪ino].
What does "destino" mean?
As a noun, "destino" means: Situación a la que supuestamente se llega de forma inevitable, impulsado por una fuerza desconocida e irresistible.
What words are commonly confused with "destino"?
"destino" is commonly confused with "desvío", "destiny", "distinto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destino" is [d̪esˈt̪ino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destino" come from?
"destino" 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.