",...in spite of..." or "...despite of..." inside a text.

[Jorma_1980]

What would be the correct option inside a text: ",...in spite of..." or "...despite of...". For example: "there is a large number of criticism is spite/despite of....."

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Despite means In spite of. There is no such thing as despite of.

 

[Jorma_1980]

Yes, sorry, I meant ",...in spite of..." or "...despite...". Are both correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

They are usually interchangeable, but your example 'sentence' is neither grammatical nor complete.

 

[Tdol]

And it should be something like there's a lot of criticism, not number.