Spelling error
People often confuse "despair" with "dispair" due to the similar pronunciation and the common prefix "dis-" in English words, leading them to mistakenly spell it with an "i" instead of an "e". The correct prefix in "despair" is "de-", which comes from Latin, meaning "away" or "without", combined with "sperare" meaning "to hope". Therefore, "despair" means "without hope".
The correct spelling is "despair".
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