dobladillo
[d̪oβ̞laˈð̞iʝo]
The verdict
“dobladillo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #77,180 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #77,180
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especie de borde que se hace en las orillas de los pañuelos u otra clase de ropa, para que no se deshilachen, cosiendo dichas orillas después de doblarlas dos veces hacia dentro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dobladillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪oβ̞laˈð̞iʝo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dobladillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for dobladillo is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪oβ̞laˈð̞iʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #77,180 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.
dobladillo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is dobladillo, spelled D-O-B-L-A-D-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Especie de borde que se hace en las orillas de los pañuelos u otra clase de ropa, para que no se deshilachen, cosiendo dichas orillas después de doblarlas dos veces hacia dentro.
- 2Hilo fuerte que sirve comúnmente para hacer calceta.
This word in other languages
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 “dobladillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-B-L-A-D-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪oβ̞laˈð̞iʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.