Dolomites
/ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/
"dolomites" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dolomites” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,504 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #53,504
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.
| 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) |
Where “Dolomites” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dolomites is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,504 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.".
Dolomites has no tracked misspelling variants; the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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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- The one correct English spelling is D-O-L-O-M-I-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.