Dima
[ˈd̪ima]
The verdict
“Dima” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,512 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,512
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪ima] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dima” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dima is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,512 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈd̪ima]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dima in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Dima, spelled D-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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 “Dima”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪ima] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.