dans
[dɑ̃]
The verdict
“dans” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,078
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dans · dans · Spanish
dans · rank #19,078 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,078
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH decíamos
Nearest frequency peer: decíamos (+2 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 “dans”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- creerse
creerse
80,928 corpus weight
- cumplo
cumplo
80,926 corpus weight
- dans
dans
80,923 corpus weight
- decíamos
decíamos
80,921 corpus weight
- dedique
dedique
80,920 corpus weight
- denominacio…
denominaciones
80,919 corpus weight
What this shows “dans” 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 | dans |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [dɑ̃] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #19,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dans”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dans (IPA [dɑ̃]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #19,078 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "En.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dans, with forms such as "adns", "danns", and "danss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "dar", "don", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is dans, spelled D-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1En.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adns
- danns
- danss
- dasn
- ddans
- dnas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dans - 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 "dans", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).