dalia
[ˈd̪alja]
The verdict
“dalia” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,146
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Dahlia) Flores originarias de México apreciadas por su belleza ornamental, que forman parte de la familia botánica Asteraceae. La mayoría de las dalias son plantas herbáceas o arbustivas. Las herb...
Corpus desk
Index ES-dalia · dalia · Spanish
dalia · rank #39,146 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,146
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH culpado
Nearest frequency peer: culpado (-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 “dalia”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- creerán
creerán
60,858 corpus weight
- crudeza
crudeza
60,857 corpus weight
- culpado
culpado
60,856 corpus weight
- dalia
dalia
60,855 corpus weight
- dear
dear
60,853 corpus weight
- depositaron
depositaron
60,851 corpus weight
What this shows “dalia” 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 | dalia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪alja] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dalia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dalia (IPA [ˈd̪alja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,146 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Dahlia) Flores originarias de México apreciadas por su belleza ornamental, que forman parte de la familia botánica Asteraceae. La mayoría de las dalias son plantas herbáceas o arbustivas. Las herb...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dalia, with forms such as "adlia", "daila", and "dalai". 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, "día", "dará", "dama", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is dalia, spelled D-A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1(Dahlia) Flores originarias de México apreciadas por su belleza ornamental, que forman parte de la familia botánica Asteraceae. La mayoría de las dalias son plantas herbáceas o arbustivas. Las herbáceas son anuales, pues su follaje desaparece en el invierno. Las arbustivas son perennes y en lo general de raíces tuberosas muy desarrolladas. Sus tallos son huecos o compactos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dalia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Pero si usted la viera! ¡Estaba de blanco y llevaba una dalia amarilla en el escote!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adlia
- daila
- dalai
- dallia
- ddalia
- dlaia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dalia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).