doctor honoris causa
[d̪okˈt̪oɾ oˈnoɾis ˈkawsa]
The verdict
“doctor honoris causa” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Título honorífico que concede una universidad a personas eminentes. Esta designación se otorga principalmente a personajes que se han destacado en ciertos ámbitos profesionales, es un reconocimient...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doctor honoris causa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪okˈt̪oɾ oˈnoɾis ˈkawsa] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doctor honoris causa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
doctor honoris causa is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪okˈt̪oɾ oˈnoɾis ˈkawsa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Título honorífico que concede una universidad a personas eminentes. Esta designación se otorga principalmente a personajes que se han destacado en ciertos ámbitos profesionales, es un reconocimient...".
doctor honoris causa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is doctor honoris causa, spelled D-O-C-T-O-R- -H-O-N-O-R-I-S- -C-A-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1Título honorífico que concede una universidad a personas eminentes. Esta designación se otorga principalmente a personajes que se han destacado en ciertos ámbitos profesionales, es un reconocimiento no oficial en un ámbito científico.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-C-T-O-R- -H-O-N-O-R-I-S- -C-A-U-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪okˈt̪oɾ oˈnoɾis ˈkawsa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.