dirigir

/[d̪iɾiˈxiɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,154

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

dirigir is aSpanishverb. It means: Manejar o gobernar algo. Pronounced [d̪iɾiˈxiɾ]. It ranks #4,154 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dividir and dirimir.

Key facts for dirigir
PropertyValue
Headworddirigir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪iɾiˈxiɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,154
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dirigir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪iɾiˈxiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,154 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Manejar o gobernar algo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for dirigir, with forms such as "ddirigir", "diirgir", and "dirgiir". 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, "dividir", "dirimir", "dirigirá", 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 dirigir, spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manejar o gobernar algo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddirigir,diirgir,dirgiir,diriggir,dirigirr,dirigri,diriigr,dirrigir,driigir,idrigir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dirigir

Misspelling Variants of "dirigir"

ddirigir8diirgir7dirgiir7diriggir8dirigirr8dirigri7diriigr7dirrigir8
Misspelling Variants of "dirigir"

Frequency rank: #4,154 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dirigir"?
"dirigir" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪iɾiˈxiɾ].
What does "dirigir" mean?
As a verb, "dirigir" means: Manejar o gobernar algo.
What words are commonly confused with "dirigir"?
"dirigir" is commonly confused with "dividir", "dirimir", "dirigirá". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirigir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigir" is [d̪iɾiˈxiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirigir" come from?
"dirigir" 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.