dispendio
[d̪isˈpẽn̪d̪jo]
The verdict
“dispendio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,284 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,284
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gasto, generalmente excesivo e inútil.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dispendio · dispendio · Spanish
dispendio · rank #97,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,284
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH disquisiciones
Nearest frequency peer: disquisiciones (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “dispendio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- discrepamos
discrepamos
2,723 corpus weight
- disculpaba
disculpaba
2,722 corpus weight
- dispendio
dispendio
2,717 corpus weight
- disquisicio…
disquisiciones
2,716 corpus weight
- distraía
distraía
2,714 corpus weight
- divides
divides
2,712 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dispendio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispendio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪isˈpẽn̪d̪jo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dispendio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dispendio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,284 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪isˈpẽn̪d̪jo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dispendio in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dispendio, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1Gasto, generalmente excesivo e inútil.
- 2Uso o empleo excesivo de hacienda, tiempo o cualquier recurso.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dispendio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero como me gustaba el dispendio y la prodigalidad, me dediqué a vivir con tanta profusión, que en menos de dos años se vio disipado todo mi patrimonio.".
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).