doblar

/[d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,343

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

doblar is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer que algo sea dos veces lo que era. :*Sinónimo: duplicar Pronounced [d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]. Often confused with dolor and doble.

Key facts for doblar
PropertyValue
Headworddoblar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,343
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for doblar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,343 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for doblar, with forms such as "dbolar", "ddoblar", and "dobalr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "dolor", "doble", "donar", 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 doblar, spelled D-O-B-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer que algo sea dos veces lo que era. :*Sinónimo: duplicar
  2. 2
    Tener o valer dos veces la edad, el peso, etc., de otra persona, animal o cosa.
  3. 3
    Poner algo flexible de modo de quede plano y que sus extremos opuestos se toquen.
  4. 4
    Curvar un poco al ejercer una presión.
  5. 5
    Mover el tronco del cuerpo de modo que ya no esté recto.
  6. 6
    Poner una extremidad en una posición que no sea la recta.
  7. 7
    Al desplazarse, superar una curva del camino o ruta, cambiando de dirección.
  8. 8
    Dicho de una embarcación, superar un accidente geográfico, cambiando de dirección.
  9. 9
    En las películas, cambiar las voces de los actores por otras que los hacen parecer hablar en el idioma del país de destino de la obra.
  10. 10
    En las filmaciones de escenas peligrosas, sustituir a los actores por especialistas en escenas de riesgo.
  11. 11
    En el ajedrez, poner dos peones en la misma columna.
  12. 12
    Vapulear a una persona.
  13. 13
    Matar de un balazo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dbolar,ddoblar,dobalr,dobblar,doblarr,dobllar,doblra,dolbar,dovlar,odblar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for doblar

Misspelling Variants of "doblar"

dbolar6ddoblar7dobalr6dobblar7doblarr7dobllar7doblra6dolbar6
Misspelling Variants of "doblar"

Frequency rank: #14,343 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doblar"?
"doblar" is spelled D-O-B-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪oˈβ̞laɾ].
What does "doblar" mean?
As a verb, "doblar" means: Hacer que algo sea dos veces lo que era. :*Sinónimo: duplicar
What words are commonly confused with "doblar"?
"doblar" is commonly confused with "dolor", "doble", "donar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doblar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doblar" is [d̪oˈβ̞laɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doblar" come from?
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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.