discurso

/[d̪isˈkuɾso]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,283

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

discurso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Facultad o capacidad de discurrir, pensar, concebir y conectar ideas dentro de una secuencia lógica de pensamiento (sacar consecuencias, identificar causas, etc.). Pronounced [d̪isˈkuɾso]. It ranks #1,283 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dispuso and discuto.

Key facts for discurso
PropertyValue
Headworddiscurso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪isˈkuɾso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,283
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for discurso is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪isˈkuɾso]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,283 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for discurso, with forms such as "ddiscurso", "dicsurso", and "disccurso". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "dispuso", "discuto", "discutió", 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 discurso, spelled D-I-S-C-U-R-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Facultad o capacidad de discurrir, pensar, concebir y conectar ideas dentro de una secuencia lógica de pensamiento (sacar consecuencias, identificar causas, etc.).
  2. 2
    Sucesión o serie de vocablos, palabras y frases concatenadas para expresar lo que se piensa o siente.
  3. 3
    Mensaje oral de cierta duración destinado a un grupo de personas (a un público), que busca razonar, persuadir o exponer un tema.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddiscurso,dicsurso,disccurso,discruso,discuros,discurrso,discursso,discusro,disscurso,disucrso,dsicurso,idscurso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for discurso

Misspelling Variants of "discurso"

ddiscurso9dicsurso8disccurso9discruso8discuros8discurrso9discursso9discusro8
Misspelling Variants of "discurso"

Frequency rank: #1,283 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "discurso"?
"discurso" is spelled D-I-S-C-U-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪isˈkuɾso].
What does "discurso" mean?
As a noun, "discurso" means: Facultad o capacidad de discurrir, pensar, concebir y conectar ideas dentro de una secuencia lógica de pensamiento (sacar consecuencias, identificar causas, etc.).
What words are commonly confused with "discurso"?
"discurso" is commonly confused with "dispuso", "discuto", "discutió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "discurso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discurso" is [d̪isˈkuɾso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discurso" come from?
"discurso" 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.