determinar
[d̪et̪eɾmiˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“determinar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,824 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,824
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - identificar un material biológico.Por ejemplo. La determinación de la planta es Matricaria recutita
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 | determinar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪et̪eɾmiˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “determinar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for determinar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪et̪eɾmiˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,824 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "identificar un material biológico.Por ejemplo. La determinación de la planta es Matricaria recutita".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for determinar, with forms such as "ddeterminar", "deetrminar", and "detemrinar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "determine", "determinen", "determinaron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 determinar, spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1identificar un material biológico.Por ejemplo. La determinación de la planta es Matricaria recutita
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddeterminar,deetrminar,detemrinar,deterimnar,determianr,determinarr,determinnar,determinra,determminar,determniar,deterrminar,detreminar,detterminar,dteerminar,edterminar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of determinar - 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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Using “determinar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪et̪eɾmiˈnaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “determine” - see the side-by-side comparison. determinar vs determine
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.