denotar
[d̪enoˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“denotar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #45,857 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #45,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ser expresión o indicación de algo.
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 | denotar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪enoˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “denotar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for denotar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪enoˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,857 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.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for denotar, with forms such as "ddenotar", "dennotar", and "denoatr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "dotar", "dental", "devota", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is denotar, spelled D-E-N-O-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ser expresión o indicación de algo.
- 2Significar de manera directa, explícita, literal u objetiva.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddenotar,dennotar,denoatr,denotarr,denotra,denottar,dentoar,deontar,dneotar,ednotar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of denotar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “denotar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-N-O-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪enoˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dotar” - see the side-by-side comparison. denotar vs dotar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.