dalia
[ˈd̪alja]
The verdict
“dalia” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,146 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,146
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “dalia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for dalia is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪alja]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,146 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(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.
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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Using “dalia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-A-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪alja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “día” - see the side-by-side comparison. dalia vs día
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.