dativo
[d̪aˈt̪iβ̞o]
The verdict
“dativo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,532 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,532
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal, donde generalmente se marca el objeto indirecto de la acción indicada por el verbo, así como el complemento de algunas preposiciones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dativo · dativo · Spanish
dativo · rank #73,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,532
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH degollar
Nearest frequency peer: degollar (+2 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 “dativo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- curly
curly
26,475 corpus weight
- cutting
cutting
26,473 corpus weight
- cutáneos
cutáneos
26,472 corpus weight
- dativo
dativo
26,469 corpus weight
- degollar
degollar
26,467 corpus weight
- demagógica
demagógica
26,465 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dativo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dativo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪aˈt̪iβ̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dativo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dativo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,532 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪aˈt̪iβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal, donde generalmente se marca el objeto indirecto de la acción indicada por el verbo, así como el complemento de algunas preposiciones.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dativo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dativo, spelled D-A-T-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Uno de los casos gramaticales para el sintagma nominal, donde generalmente se marca el objeto indirecto de la acción indicada por el verbo, así como el complemento de algunas preposiciones.
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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