Dolomites
/ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/
"dolomites" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dolomites” is uncommon English (frequency #53,504 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,504
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dolomites · Dolomites · English
Dolomites · rank #53,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,504
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disorienting
Nearest frequency peer: disorienting (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Dolomites”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- discolored
discolored
46,501 corpus weight
- discontented
discontented
46,500 corpus weight
- disenfranch…
disenfranchisement
46,499 corpus weight
- disorienting
disorienting
46,498 corpus weight
- Dolomites
Dolomites
46,497 corpus weight
- dramatics
dramatics
46,495 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dolomites” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dolomites |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dolomites” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dolomites is uncommon English at frequency #53,504 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dolomites in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the mineral dolomite. The correct English form is Dolomites, spelled D-O-L-O-M-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.
Etymology
From the mineral dolomite.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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