dado

/[ˈd̪að̞o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#495

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dado is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pequeño objeto con forma de cubo cuyas seis caras están marcadas con puntos que representan los números del uno al seis y que se usa en algunos juegos de azar. Por extensión, pieza poliédrica con l... Pronounced [ˈd̪að̞o]. It ranks #495 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with do and dar.

Key facts for dado
PropertyValue
Headworddado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪að̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#495
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dado in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dado is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #495 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for dado, with forms such as "addo", "daddo", and "daod". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "dar", "dio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dado, spelled D-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pequeño objeto con forma de cubo cuyas seis caras están marcadas con puntos que representan los números del uno al seis y que se usa en algunos juegos de azar. Por extensión, pieza poliédrica con las caras numeradas u otros símbolos.
  2. 2
    Pieza cúbica de un material duro usado en máquinas y que sirve de apoyo a los tornillos, ejes, y otros elementos para mantenerlos en equilibrio.
  3. 3
    En las banderas, paralelogramo de distinto color que su fondo.
  4. 4
    Base de una columna.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addo,daddo,daod,ddado,ddao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dado

Misspelling Variants of "dado"

addo4daddo5daod4ddado5ddao4
Misspelling Variants of "dado"

Frequency rank: #495 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dado"?
"dado" is spelled D-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪að̞o].
What does "dado" mean?
As a noun, "dado" means: Pequeño objeto con forma de cubo cuyas seis caras están marcadas con puntos que representan los números del uno al seis y que se usa en algunos juegos de azar. Por extensión, pieza poliédrica con l...
What words are commonly confused with "dado"?
"dado" is commonly confused with "do", "dar", "dio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dado" is [ˈd̪að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dado" come from?
"dado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.