dardo

/[ˈd̪aɾð̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,939

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dardo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pequeña arma punzante que se arroja con la mano o con una cerbatana Pronounced [ˈd̪aɾð̞o]. Often confused with duro and dedo.

Key facts for dardo
PropertyValue
Headworddardo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪aɾð̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,939
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dardo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for dardo, with forms such as "adrdo", "dadro", and "darddo". 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, "duro", "dedo", "Dato", 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 dardo, spelled D-A-R-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pequeña arma punzante que se arroja con la mano o con una cerbatana
  2. 2
    Figuradamente, pulla o crítica verbal muy aguda
  3. 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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adrdo,dadro,darddo,darod,darrdo,ddardo,drado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dardo

Misspelling Variants of "dardo"

adrdo5dadro5darddo6darod5darrdo6ddardo6drado5
Misspelling Variants of "dardo"

Frequency rank: #27,939 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dardo"?
"dardo" is spelled D-A-R-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪aɾð̞o].
What does "dardo" mean?
As a noun, "dardo" means: Pequeña arma punzante que se arroja con la mano o con una cerbatana
What words are commonly confused with "dardo"?
"dardo" is commonly confused with "duro", "dedo", "Dato". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dardo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dardo" is [ˈd̪aɾð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dardo" come from?
"dardo" 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

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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.