dardo
[ˈd̪aɾð̞o]
The verdict
“dardo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,939 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,939
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pequeña arma punzante que se arroja con la mano o con una cerbatana
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 | dardo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪aɾð̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dardo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for dardo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪aɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,939 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dardo, with forms such as "adrdo", "dadro", and "darddo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duro", "dedo", "Dato", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct Spanish form is dardo, spelled D-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1Pequeña arma punzante que se arroja con la mano o con una cerbatana
- 2Figuradamente, pulla o crítica verbal muy aguda
- 3(Familia Mugilidae) Cualquiera de unas ochenta especies de peces perciformes que habitan aguas costeras y fluviales en regiones subtropicales y tropicales de todo el globo. Son en general pequeños, con la cabeza verticalmente comprimida, el cuerpo de sección cilíndrica y el color entre pardo y plateado. Varias especies son pilares de la alimentación en la región mediterránea desde la Antigüedad.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adrdo,dadro,darddo,darod,darrdo,ddardo,drado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dardo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “dardo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-A-R-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪aɾð̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “duro” - see the side-by-side comparison. dardo vs duro
- 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.