dive
/daɪv/
The verdict
“dive” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,176 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,176
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bucear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dive · dive · Spanish
dive · rank #77,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,176
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH distorsionando
Nearest frequency peer: distorsionando (-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 “dive”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- disminuirán
disminuirán
22,829 corpus weight
- dispersando
dispersando
22,828 corpus weight
- distorsiona…
distorsionando
22,826 corpus weight
- dive
dive
22,825 corpus weight
- diversity
diversity
22,824 corpus weight
- Diéguez
Diéguez
22,823 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dive” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dive |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /daɪv/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #77,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dive” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dive is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,176 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /daɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dive in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is dive, spelled D-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Bucear.
- 2Sumergirse en el agua, zambullirse.
- 3Precipitarse hacia, abalanzarse.
- 4Clavarse
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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