Learn English – When should you use “despite” over “inspite”, and vice versa

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Most dictionaries suggest that inspite and despite are synonymous, but are there any specific instances when their usage is not interchangeable?

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I would suggest that inspite — as written in your question — is not in fact a word.

I think you must mean in spite of, which is directly interchangeable with despite.

He went for a walk in spite of the rain.

He went for a walk despite the rain.

I am not aware of any real difference between the two options, though I tend to use despite purely for efficiency of words.