dádiva
[ˈd̪að̞iβ̞a]
The verdict
“dádiva” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,463 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,463
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cosa que se da de forma gratuita y sin esperar nada a cambio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dadiva · dádiva · Spanish
dádiva · rank #74,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,463
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH Durruti
Nearest frequency peer: Durruti (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “dádiva”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- domiciliado
domiciliado
25,545 corpus weight
- Donosti
Donosti
25,542 corpus weight
- dramatizar
dramatizar
25,541 corpus weight
- Durruti
Durruti
25,539 corpus weight
- dádiva
dádiva
25,538 corpus weight
- Eguren
Eguren
25,534 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dádiva” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dádiva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪að̞iβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dádiva” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dádiva is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,463 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪að̞iβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dádiva, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is dádiva, spelled D-Á-D-I-V-A.
Definition
- 1Cosa que se da de forma gratuita y sin esperar nada a cambio.
- 2Acción de dar de forma gratuita.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dádiva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La razón última de esta acogida temporal era que los adoptantes esperaban recibir a cambio dádivas y regalos de sus señores de la ciudad. La Vanguardia (2020).
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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