dátil
[ˈd̪at̪il]
The verdict
“dátil” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,032 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,032
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-datil · dátil · Spanish
dátil · rank #94,032 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,032
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dueles
Nearest frequency peer: dueles (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “dátil”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- drill
drill
5,972 corpus weight
- ductilidad
ductilidad
5,971 corpus weight
- dueles
dueles
5,970 corpus weight
- dátil
dátil
5,969 corpus weight
- echáis
echáis
5,967 corpus weight
- educas
educas
5,966 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dátil” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “dátil” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dátil is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,032 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪at̪il]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dátil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Los mejores están especializados en el cultivo del dátil, sobre todo de la especie más apreciada, la deglet nour, que significa “dedos de luz”. Cada palmera produce al año unos 100 kilos de dátiles».
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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