Dávila
[ˈd̪aβ̞ila]
The verdict
“Dávila” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,831
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido
Corpus desk
Index ES-davila · Dávila · Spanish
Dávila · rank #16,831 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,831
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH duradera
Nearest frequency peer: duradera (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Dávila”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dotar
dotar
83,174 corpus weight
- dudoso
dudoso
83,173 corpus weight
- duradera
duradera
83,171 corpus weight
- Dávila
Dávila
83,170 corpus weight
- eliminada
eliminada
83,168 corpus weight
- eludir
eludir
83,167 corpus weight
What this shows “Dávila” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dávila |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪aβ̞ila] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Dávila”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Dávila (IPA [ˈd̪aβ̞ila]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,831 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Apellido".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dávila, with forms such as "ddávila", "dváila", and "dábila". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "devil", "divina", "divisa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Dávila, spelled D-Á-V-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddávila
- dváila
- dábila
- dáivla
- dávial
- dávilla
- dávlia
- dávvila
- ádvila
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dávila - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dávila", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).