dirty

//ˈdɜː.ti// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,126

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

dirty is anSpanishadj. It means: Sucio Pronounced /ˈdɜː.ti/. Often confused with dry and duty.

Key facts for dirty
PropertyValue
Headworddirty
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈdɜː.ti/
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,126
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dirty in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dirty is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɜː.ti/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,126 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sucio".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for dirty, with forms such as "ddirty", "dirrty", and "dirtty". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "dry", "duty", "dista", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dirty, spelled D-I-R-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sucio

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddirty,dirrty,dirtty,dirtyy,diryt,ditry,drity,idrty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dirty

Misspelling Variants of "dirty"

ddirty6dirrty6dirtty6dirtyy6diryt5ditry5drity5idrty5
Misspelling Variants of "dirty"

Frequency rank: #44,126 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dirty"?
"dirty" is spelled D-I-R-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɜː.ti/.
What does "dirty" mean?
As an adj, "dirty" means: Sucio
What words are commonly confused with "dirty"?
"dirty" is commonly confused with "dry", "duty", "dista". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirty" is /ˈdɜː.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirty" come from?
"dirty" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.