dare

/[ˈda.ɾe]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,096

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dare is aSpanishverb. It means: Dar. Pronounced [ˈda.ɾe]. Often confused with de and das.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dare is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈda.ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for dare, with forms such as "daer", "darre", and "ddare". 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, "de", "das", "day", 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 dare, spelled D-A-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daer,darre,ddare,drae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dare

Misspelling Variants of "dare"

daer4darre5ddare5drae4
Misspelling Variants of "dare"

Frequency rank: #24,096 in Spanish

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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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.