despejo

//dɨʃ.ˈpɐj.ʒu// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,833

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

despejo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de despejar Pronounced /dɨʃ.ˈpɐj.ʒu/. Often confused with despesa and despido.

Key facts for despejo
PropertyValue
Headworddespejo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɨʃ.ˈpɐj.ʒu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,833
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of despejo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for despejo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɨʃ.ˈpɐj.ʒu/. Corpus data places it at rank #18,833 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for despejo, with forms such as "ddespejo", "depsejo", and "desepjo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "despesa", "despido", "despojos", 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 Portuguese form is despejo, spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de despejar
  2. 2
    aquilo que se despeja
  3. 3
    lixo; dejeto
  4. 4
    falta de pejo; impudor, impudência, agilidade, intrepidez
  5. 5
    desalojamento pela força de quem habita uma morada

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddespejo,depsejo,desepjo,despejjo,despeoj,despjeo,desppejo,desspejo,dsepejo,edspejo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for despejo

Misspelling Variants of "despejo"

ddespejo8depsejo7desepjo7despejjo8despeoj7despjeo7desppejo8desspejo8
Misspelling Variants of "despejo"

Frequency rank: #18,833 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "despejo"?
"despejo" is spelled D-E-S-P-E-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.ˈpɐj.ʒu/.
What does "despejo" mean?
As a noun, "despejo" means: ato ou efeito de despejar
What words are commonly confused with "despejo"?
"despejo" is commonly confused with "despesa", "despido", "despojos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "despejo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "despejo" is /dɨʃ.ˈpɐj.ʒu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "despejo" come from?
"despejo" is a Portuguese 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.