dátil
[ˈd̪at̪il]
The verdict
“dátil” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #94,032 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #94,032
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto de la palmera: es de figura elipsoidal prolongada, de unos cuatro centímetros de largo por dos de grueso, cubierto con una película amarilla, carne blanquecina y hueso casi cilíndrico, muy du...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dátil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪at̪il] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dátil” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for dátil is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪at̪il]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,032 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for dátil in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is dátil, spelled D-Á-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Fruto de la palmera: es de figura elipsoidal prolongada, de unos cuatro centímetros de largo por dos de grueso, cubierto con una película amarilla, carne blanquecina y hueso casi cilíndrico, muy duro y con un surco a lo largo. Es comestible.
- 2Dedos de la mano.
This word in other languages
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 “dátil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-Á-T-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪at̪il] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.