Dakar
[d̪aˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“Dakar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,946
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es la capital de Senegal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dakar · Dakar · Spanish
Dakar · rank #20,946 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,946
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH cóndor
Nearest frequency peer: cóndor (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Dakar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- céntimos
céntimos
79,057 corpus weight
- cóndor
cóndor
79,056 corpus weight
- Dakar
Dakar
79,055 corpus weight
- debíamos
debíamos
79,054 corpus weight
- decididos
decididos
79,053 corpus weight
- decoraciones
decoraciones
79,052 corpus weight
What this shows “Dakar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dakar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [d̪aˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #20,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Dakar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dakar (IPA [d̪aˈkaɾ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,946 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "es la capital de Senegal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dakar, with forms such as "adkar", "daakr", and "dakarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dar", "dará", "dama", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Dakar, spelled D-A-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1es la capital de Senegal.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adkar
- daakr
- dakarr
- dakkar
- dakra
- ddakar
- dkaar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dakar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dakar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).