dama

/[ˈd̪ama]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,544

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dama is aSpanishnoun. It means: Una mujer noble, galanteada o distinguida Pronounced [ˈd̪ama]. It ranks #3,544 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with día and dar.

Key facts for dama
PropertyValue
Headworddama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪ama]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,544
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dama is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪ama]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,544 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 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 dama, with forms such as "adma", "daam", and "damma". 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, "día", "dar", "dan", 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 dama, spelled D-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Una mujer noble, galanteada o distinguida
  2. 2
    Título en respeto de una mujer.
  3. 3
    (♕, ♛) Pieza del ajedrez, la que cuenta con mayor movilidad
  4. 4
    En el juego de las damas pieza que corona^([definición imprecisa])
  5. 5
    Por extensión, eufemismo por mujer.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adma,daam,damma,ddama,dmaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dama

Misspelling Variants of "dama"

adma4daam4damma5ddama5dmaa4
Misspelling Variants of "dama"

Frequency rank: #3,544 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dama"?
"dama" is spelled D-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪ama].
What does "dama" mean?
As a noun, "dama" means: Una mujer noble, galanteada o distinguida
What words are commonly confused with "dama"?
"dama" is commonly confused with "día", "dar", "dan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dama" is [ˈd̪ama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dama" come from?
"dama" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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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.