dico
/ˈdiː.koː/
The verdict
“dico” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,498 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,498
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Decir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dico · dico · Spanish
dico · rank #68,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,498
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dialectal
Nearest frequency peer: dialectal (-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 “dico”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- desvelando
desvelando
31,507 corpus weight
- dialectal
dialectal
31,504 corpus weight
- dico
dico
31,503 corpus weight
- dietéticas
dietéticas
31,502 corpus weight
- dinamización
dinamización
31,500 corpus weight
- discreciona…
discrecionales
31,498 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dico” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈdiː.koː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dico is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,498 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈdiː.koː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
dico has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is dico, spelled D-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Decir.
- 2Pronunciar.
- 3Declarar los testigos.
- 4Llamar.
- 5Nombrar.
- 6Escribir, describir, cantar.
- 7Decidir, fijar.
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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