doble
[ˈd̪oβ̞le]
The verdict
“doble” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,139 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,139
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que es exactamente dos veces más grande que otro; que duplica un número, una cantidad o una cualidad.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doble |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈd̪oβ̞le] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doble” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for doble is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪oβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,139 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for doble, with forms such as "dbole", "ddoble", and "dobble". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "doe", "doce", "dote", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is doble, spelled D-O-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que es exactamente dos veces más grande que otro; que duplica un número, una cantidad o una cualidad.
- 2Que va de a dos, que está duplicado o forma un conjunto o una serie de dos, un dúo o un dueto.
- 3Por extensión que es más grueso y resistente que lo normal.
- 4Que consta de dos partes iguales o similares.
- 5Que ha cumplido cierta condición dos veces, que ha logrado una meta u objetivo dos veces.
- 6Que muestra dos características diferentes, incluso opuestas.
- 7Que carece de rectitud moral.
- 8Dicho de las flores, que tiene más pétalos de lo habitual.
- 9En el juego del dominó, se dice de la ficha que lleva dos veces el mismo número.
- 10Que es robusto, fuerte, bien constituido.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dbole,ddoble,dobble,dobel,doblle,dolbe,dovle,odble
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doble - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “doble”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪oβ̞le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “doe” - see the side-by-side comparison. doble vs doe
- 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.