dispara

/[d̪isˈpaɾa]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,978

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

dispara is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disparar o de dispararse. Pronounced [d̪isˈpaɾa]. It ranks #9,978 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with disputa and disparo.

Key facts for dispara
PropertyValue
Headworddispara
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪isˈpaɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,978
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dispara is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪isˈpaɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,978 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for dispara, with forms such as "ddispara", "dipsara", and "disapra". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "disputa", "disparo", "dispare", 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 dispara, spelled D-I-S-P-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disparar o de dispararse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de disparar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddispara,dipsara,disapra,dispaar,disppara,dispraa,disspara,dsipara,idspara

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dispara

Misspelling Variants of "dispara"

ddispara8dipsara7disapra7dispaar7disppara8dispraa7disspara8dsipara7
Misspelling Variants of "dispara"

Frequency rank: #9,978 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dispara"?
"dispara" is spelled D-I-S-P-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪isˈpaɾa].
What does "dispara" mean?
As a verb, "dispara" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disparar o de dispararse.
What words are commonly confused with "dispara"?
"dispara" is commonly confused with "disputa", "disparo", "dispare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dispara"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dispara" is [d̪isˈpaɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dispara" come from?
"dispara" 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.