disperso

/[d̪isˈpeɾso]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,065

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

disperso is anSpanishadj. It means: Dícese de las cosas cuyas partes están separadas más de lo regular en su clase. Pronounced [d̪isˈpeɾso]. Often confused with dispuso and diverso.

Key facts for disperso
PropertyValue
Headworddisperso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[d̪isˈpeɾso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,065
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for disperso is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪isˈpeɾso]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,065 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for disperso, with forms such as "ddisperso", "dipserso", and "diseprso". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "dispuso", "diverso", "dispersos", 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 disperso, spelled D-I-S-P-E-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
    Dícese de las cosas cuyas partes están separadas más de lo regular en su clase.
  2. 2
    Dicho de una persona: que cambia su atención constantemente.
  3. 3
    Dícese del militar que por fuerza mayor o voluntariamente se encuentra incomunicado o disgregado del cuerpo a que pertenece.
  4. 4
    Decíase del militar que no está agregado a ningún cuerpo y reside en el pueblo que elige.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddisperso,dipserso,diseprso,disperos,disperrso,dispesro,dispperso,dispreso,dissperso,dsiperso,idsperso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for disperso

Misspelling Variants of "disperso"

ddisperso9dipserso8diseprso8disperos8disperrso9dispesro8dispperso9dispreso8
Misspelling Variants of "disperso"

Frequency rank: #38,065 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disperso"?
"disperso" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪isˈpeɾso].
What does "disperso" mean?
As an adj, "disperso" means: Dícese de las cosas cuyas partes están separadas más de lo regular en su clase.
What words are commonly confused with "disperso"?
"disperso" is commonly confused with "dispuso", "diverso", "dispersos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disperso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disperso" is [d̪isˈpeɾso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disperso" come from?
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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.