dare

[ˈda.ɾe]

/[ˈda.ɾe]/ verb

The verdict

“dare” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,096) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#24,096
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-dare · dare · Spanish

dare · rank #24,096 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,096
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH Danielle

Nearest frequency peer: Danielle (-1 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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “dare”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “dare” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dare vs de
50% similar
dare vs das
50% similar
dare vs day
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dare
PropertyValue
Headworddare
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈda.ɾe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,096
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “dare”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).darecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Danielle” (#24,095), “dañan” (#24,097), “cósmica” (#24,094). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “dare” va en #24,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dare is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "das", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈda.ɾe]. Frequency #24,096 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Dar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for dare, with forms such as "daer", "darre", and "ddare". 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, "de", "das", "day", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is dare, spelled D-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daer
  • darre
  • ddare
  • drae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dare - 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.

daer2darre1ddare1drae2
Edit distance from "dare"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dare"?
"dare" is spelled D-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈda.ɾe].
What does "dare" mean?
As a verb, "dare" means: Dar.
What words are commonly confused with "dare"?
"dare" is commonly confused with "de", "das", "day". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dare" is [ˈda.ɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dare" come from?
"dare" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dare", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list